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East Asia & Pacific 路 Capital: Apia

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  • General election

    2029 Samoan general election

    Legislative Assembly of Samoa

    Date expected

    data.ipu.org News report

    Samoa | Legislative Assembly | ... | Last election | 29 Aug 2025 | ... | Expected date of next elections | 31 Aug 2030

    Recorded 8 Oct 2026

    refworld.org News report

    The Head of State shall dissolve the Legislative Assembly at the expiry of 5 years from the date of the last preceding general election

    Recorded 8 Oct 2026

How Samoa is governed

System of government
Parliamentary system of government

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
O le Ao o le Malo

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Prime Minister

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
21

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
Yes

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
Office of the Electoral Commissioner

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • Parliament of Samoa 49 seats 路 5-year term 路 47 members are elected in six two-seat and 35 single-seat constituencies; 2 members are elected by individual voters

Samoa's Parliament is elected for five years. The Head of State and the Prime Minister are separate offices; the Prime Minister heads the Cabinet, while the Electoral Commissioner is one of Samoa's constitutional authorities.

samoagovt.ws Official source

vote in Samoa and failure to do so will see voters facing a fineof $100 under Samoa鈥檚 compulsory voting laws.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

samoagovt.ws Official source

Office of the Electoral Commissioner

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • The Head of State of Samoa head of state 路 1 seats 路 elected by the Legislative Assembly under the Constitution

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest election with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2025 Samoan general election

Under reviewTurnout 88.7%

These figures are under review: they do not add up, so they are shown as published but not as final.

Seats won: all 4 lines, as in the table
Results of 2025 Samoan general election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Elected36,70840.9%30

oec.gov.ws Official source

### 97,111 Registered Voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party... won the 2025 snap elections, winning 30 of the 51 seats at stake.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) Elected33,04036.8%18

oec.gov.ws Official source

### 97,111 Registered Voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party... won the 2025 snap elections, winning 30 of the 51 seats at stake.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Samoa Uniting Party (SUP) Elected7,7468.6%3

oec.gov.ws Official source

### 97,111 Registered Voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party... won the 2025 snap elections, winning 30 of the 51 seats at stake.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Independent--0

oec.gov.ws Official source

### 97,111 Registered Voters

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

The Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party... won the 2025 snap elections, winning 30 of the 51 seats at stake.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Samoa in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

Every fact above links to the page it came from. Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

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