List of political parties in Samoa
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This article lists political parties in Samoa. As of 2020[update], Samoa has six officially recognized political parties, the ruling Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party, the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), the Tautua Samoa Party, the Samoa First Party, and the Samoa National Democratic Party.[1] In May 2020 a fifth party, the Tumua ma Puleono, registered for the elections,[2] and in July 2020, the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi did as well to challenge the longstanding HRPP, which had been in power since 1982.
Despite political parties being present in the country, ideologies and manifestos remain relatively fluid, with local connections and matai holding great/more influence in convincing voters to support a particular candidate over party affiliation in many circumstances.
The parties
Parties represented in the Fono
Other parties
- Constitution Democracy Republic Party
- Samoa First Party
- Samoa National Democratic Party
- Sovereign Independent Samoa Party (SIS)
Defunct parties
- Christian Democratic Party (Samoa) (CDP)
- Samoa All People's Party (SAPP)
- Samoan Democratic United Party (SDUP)
- Samoa Liberal Party (SLP)
- Samoa National Party (SNP)
- Samoa Party (SP)
- Samoan Conservative Progressive Party (SCPP)
- Samoan National Development Party (SNDP)
- Samoa Progressive Political Party (SPP)
- Samoan United Independents Political Party (SUIPP)
- Samoan United People's Party
- Tautua Samoa Party (TSP)
- Temokalasi Samoa Fa'amatai (Samoan Democracy of Matai) (TSFPP)
- Tumua ma Puleono
- The Christian Party (CP)
- The People's Party (TPP)
- United Samoa People’s Party (USPP)
- Western Samoa Labour Party (WSLP)
See also
References
- ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (15 February 2020). "Seven political parties de-registered". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "A fifth political party registers for 2021 Samoan elections". RNZ. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
