Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi has won the preliminary count for Faleata 3, leading by 196 votes.
There are 208 pre polling votes to be counted, as well as Special votes.
Those numbers and the current margin means it is unlikely Lealailepule’s margin will be overturned.
FALEATA 3 Booth Results:
HRPP:Â 187+258+167+300+214 = 1,126
FAST:Â 166+275+144+211+134 = 930
The veteran MP, first elected into Parliament in 2006, is leading the polls by 196 votes before pre-polling and special votes have been counted.
The two man race was between Lealailepule and FAST Party candidate, Paloa Louis James Stowers.
Next year in 2026 it will be Lealailepule’s 20th year as a veteran politician.
The HRPP party secretary has come under a lot of public scrutiny, being falsely accused of a hit and run in April 2021.
Lealailepule was one of the youngest Chief Executive Officers of Government, when he held the position of CEO for the Samoa Airport Authority while he was just in his 30s.
Lealailepule was a founding member of the Tautua Party before he joined the HRPP.
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