Counting under way in tight Samoa election

Counting under way in tight Samoa election
AFP
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AFP
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Counting is now underway in Samoa's general elections, with the long-ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) facing its strongest challenge in nearly forty years
More than 120,000 voters went to the polls to elect a new government in Samoa Friday, with the long-ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) facing its strongest challenge in nearly forty years.
The Samoa Electoral Commission expected to have a result by early Saturday in the small Pacific island nation, where voting is compulsory. 
Advance voting in the past four days showed the HRPP, headed by longtime Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, holding 25 seats with the newly formed opposition FAST party on 21 in the 51-member parliament. 

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