Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii
Samoa's Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiaefelolo Alexander Stanley has declared the official results of the snap general election, after a four-day count across all 50 constituencies.
FAST has won 30 seats, HRPP 14, and the Samoa Uniting Party three.
Independents won four seats.
Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii
One constituency was not counted following a Supreme Court decision to disqualify the other nominated candidates due to ineligibility, meaning the electoral constituency of Faleata 2 was marked as uncontested.
Leatinuu Wayne So'oialo was announced as the holder of the Faleata 2 seat by the Electoral Commission.
The number of votes cast were 90,403 with 89,831 of those counted as valid votes.
Elections were held on 29 August, with pre-polling conducted on 27 August.
The Head of State Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvii II has sign the writ to formalise the outcome and clear the way for the next steps in the parliamentary process.
Attention now shifts to the swearing-in of members and the first sitting of Parliament, while several electoral petitions are also expected.
The early poll was called after months of political instability culminated in outgoing prime minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa's minority government being unable to pass its 2025 budget.
