{"iso":"WS","name":"Samoa","flag":"\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\uddf8","vote":"Legislative Assembly \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2025-08-29","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No regular polling record exists, so this entry shows the August 2025 snap election result, official results as published by the Office of the Electoral Commissioner. Independents win a meaningful share in Samoa's candidate-centred system. The next election is due in 2030.","shares":{"FAST":40.9,"HRPP":36.8,"SUP":8.6,"IND":12.5},"polls":[],"parties":{"FAST":{"name":"Fa\u02bbatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi","color":"#CB222B","name_en":"FAST"},"HRPP":{"name":"Human Rights Protection Party","color":"#0047AB"},"SUP":{"name":"Samoa Uniting Party","color":"#2A722A"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#888888"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary republic blending Westminster practice with the fa\u02bbamatai chiefly system","head_of_state":"O le Ao o le Malo Tuimaleali\u02bbifano Va\u02bbaleto\u02bba Sualauvi II, chosen by the Legislative Assembly","head_of_government":"Prime Minister La\u02bbauli Leuatea Schmidt","legislature":"Legislative Assembly (Fono), unicameral, 51 members serving terms of up to five years.","electoral_system":"Citizens directly elect the 51 members, all of whom must hold matai chiefly titles.","government_now":"FAST under Schmidt won a majority of 30 seats at the August 2025 snap election and took office on 16 September 2025.","context":"FAST split in January 2025 after Prime Minister Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mata\u02bbafa dismissed party chairman Schmidt from cabinet. Her minority government lost its budget vote in May 2025, triggering the snap election.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"FAST":["Fa\u02bbatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi","Faith in the One True God Samoa","Reformist party founded in 2020 that broke the HRPP's decades-long grip; won 2021 and again in 2025, now governs with 30 seats under La'auli Schmidt."],"HRPP":["Human Rights Protection Party","","Conservative party that governed Samoa almost continuously from 1982 to 2021; now the main opposition with 14 seats."],"SUP":["Samoa Uniting Party","","New party founded in 2025 by former prime minister Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mata\u02bbafa after her split from FAST; won 3 seats."],"IND":["Independents","","Candidates elected without a party in Samoa's title-holder, candidate-centred system; four independents hold seats and are courted by the larger blocs."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Legislative Assembly (Fono)","as_of":"2025 election","total":51,"seats":{"FAST":30,"HRPP":14,"SUP":3,"IND":4}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2030-08","title":"Samoan general election (expected)","chamber":"Legislative Assembly","type":"expected"}}