Samoan general election, 1985
- Samoan general election, 1985
General elections were held in Samoa on 22 February 1985. The result was a landslide victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which took 32 of the 47 seats [ [http://epress.anu.edu.au/ssgm/global_gov/mobile_devices/ch18.html More Than 20 Years of Political Stability in Samoa under the Human Rights Protection Party] , Asofou So’o, [http://epress.anu.edu.au/ssgm/global_gov/mobile_devices/index.html "Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands"] ] . The Christian Democratic party won 13 seats.
Following the election, 11 members of the HRRP defected to form a coalition government with the CDP, and Va'ai Kolone was elected Prime Minister.
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