Updated as at 1pm Sunday 31st Aug 2025. Samoa Global News have updated results from the latest data compiled at the Office of the Electoral Commissioner.
The following table has been put together for ease of reference for our readers: updated as of 1pm Sunday 2025:
After studying all the boards and preliminary results from each of the 430+ booths assigned for each constituency – the UPDATED preliminary results are:
FAST – 33 HRPP – 12 SUP – 3 INDEPENDENT – 3
Note: Faaolatane Fiu Tuala Iona Pao is registered as an Independent, however, he has been on the campaign trail with FAST, so we’ve counted him as FAST.
Some Close Margins to Note:
Palauli 2: Faaolatane Fiu Tuala Iona Pao polled 582 votes – just two votes ahead of Fiu Faaolatane Ponifasio Vasa at 580. With just two votes, this is too close to call. With pre-polling and special votes yet to be counted, this could swing either way.
Safata 2: This margin of four votes is also too close to call. Preliminary results has FAST Party’s Tupai John Matthes ahead of HRPP’s Tuia Pua Letoa by just 4 votes. The Safata 2 result can therefore swing either way after pre-polling and special votes.
Faasaleleaga 2: Next up is the 15-vote margin between HRPP’s Vaaelua Senetenari Samau and FAST party’s Magele Sekati Fiaui.
Vaaelua has 599 votes, while Magele Sekati, one of the youngest candidates of the race for Parliament, has 584.
Falealili 2: Woman candidate Fuimaono Malia Meredith with 252 votes is trailing the FAST party incumbent Fuimaono Maiava Tito Asafo who polled 279. There is a margin of just 27 votes.
Faleata 1: The other close margin of 28 votes is the much anticipated race at Faleata 1. FAST Party’s Manuleleua Paletasala Tuvale is ahead with 1,277 votes while former faifeau and Lands & Titles Court judge Faumuina Opapo Soanai Oeti of HRPP polled 1,249. There is just 28 votes in this race.
Anoamaa 1: FAST Party’s Moefaauouo Julius Ah Kui Tafunai who is one of the youngest candidates of the 2025 general election, leads with 1,148 votes, while HRPP’s Alaiasa Moefaauo Sepulona Moananu has 1,110 votes. There is a 38-vote difference in this race.
Gagaifomauga 2: FAST party’s Foisala Tuu Ioane is ahead with 306.votes, and HRPP’s Tologataua Sooalo Sioeli Alofaifo has 264 votes. A difference of 42 votes.
Siumu: Independent Faalogo Kapiliele Faalogo polled 449 votes to Tuuu Anasii Leota’s 407. Faaologo is 42 votes ahead before pre-polling and special votes.
It should be noted that during the 2023 by-election competed by Tuuu Anasii and Faalogo Kapiliele – Tuuu Anasii had polled over 200 votes at a Special booth in Apia
Sagaga 3: The Leauvaa race has FAST Party’s Sala Paulo Tuala Poto at 853 votes with Tuala Olivetti Ah Him at 791. FAST is 62 votes ahead. Depending on how many pre-polled and how many special votes there are, there is a possibility for change in this result.
Alataua i Sisifo: The two candidate race between HRPP’s woman candidate, Aliimalemanu Alofa Tuuau and FAST party’s Taituave Lafaitele T Iona has FAST ahead by 55. Again, these margins should be watched very closely by Candidate Committees during Monday’s count of Special and Pre-Polling votes.
Women Seats:
There are 5 women who won their seats after polling day.
Following the Court of Appeal decision on the interpretation of Samoa’s Constitution Article 44 – this means Samoa’s Parliament will be a sitting of 52 – with the additional seat for women to be decided after any post-election petitions and by-elections.
PrePolling and Special Votes
The special votes and prepolling votes will be counted on Monday.
All day on Saturday and the work shall continue to Sunday – the Office of the Electoral Commissioner are opening Special Vote boxes from each of the booths. This is being carried out in the presence of the public, committees, secretaries etc.. at Tuanaimato OEC Headquarters.
Post Election Cases
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has stated publicly to expect post election petitions. The Law states that a losing candidate must have half the votes of the winner before they can lodge a legal petition.
The petitions are accusations of corrupt practices and bribery by one candidate against another. The common practice has been – a petition is lodged by one – and then a counter petition is lodged by the other!
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