Four simultaneous

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s were held in

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on 29 July 2011. They followed on from the general election on 4 March, after which the results in several constituencies had been challenged. The Supreme Court voided * the election of Va'ai Papu Vailupe (of the

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) in the Vaisigano No.1 constituency due to bribery and

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, * the election of Alai'asa Filipo Schwartz Hunt (elected as an independent, but who had then joined the Human Rights Protection Party) in the Anoamaa East constituency due to

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, * the election of

Taua Kitiona Seuala Taua Tavaga Kitiona Seuala (died April 2013) was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party. Taua was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 1996 election. he was re-elect ...

(of the Human Rights Protection Party) in the Aleipata Itupa I Luga constituency due to corruption, and * the election of Tavu'i Tiafau Salevao (of the Human Rights Protection Party) in the Satupaitea constituency due to bribery and treating. Consequently, by-elections were held for those four seats to the Legislative Assembly. The governing Human Rights Protection Party won all four by-elections, giving it a total of 37 seats out of 49 in the Assembly, one more than it had had following the general election. The opposition Tautua Samoa Party was left with 12 seats."Bi-election clean sweep for HRPP"
''Savali'', 2 August 2011"Samoa ruling party sweeps by-elections"
Radio New Zealand International, 1 August 2011

Results

The results were as follows.

Results at the prior general election

References

{{reflist By-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Samoa by-elections

by-elections A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election ( Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election use ...