Tonga holds parliamentary elections. Election Guide
Tonga’s Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands on Thursday captured 12 of 17 seats in the country’s parliamentary elections. Independent candidates captured the five remaining seats. This was the Tonga’s first election where a majority of MPs were democratically elected. Under the new system, nine MPs are reserved for nobles and 17 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies. Previously, only nine members were elected under multi-member districts, while 23 MPs were indirectly elected. It is still uncertain, however, if the Democratic Party will be able to form a government; the nine unelected MPs are attempting to form a governing coalition with the five independents. The government stated that turnout among the 42,000 registered voters was around 89 percent.
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