Results for Parliament

After reading the "Tongan Constitution", I cannot hold myself back from speculating on the state of affairs of our kingdom. A few things are now becoming clear from that reading.

I take my hat off to the PDP and congratulate them for a 'landslide' victory over the THRDM. I say landslide since they have existed for only 22 days but they have gained 1 seat in the people's 11 places in Parliament (9 PR and 2 Cabinet ministers). Compare that with the 8 seats by the THRDM who have been in existence for more than 10 years.

Polling started slowly in Nuku'alofa in today's By Election to elect two new People's Representatives to the Tongan Parliament - one from Tongatapu and the other from the two Niuas .

The Nobles 'Ahome'e, and Lasike have been chosen today as the new Nobles Representatives to replace the nobles who were recently appointed as Ministers.

A total of 23 candidates have registered to run in Tonga's by-election on May 5 for the two vacant People's Representative seats in the Legislative Assembly. When the registration of candidates closed yesterday, April 14, 18 candidates had registered for Tongatapu - nine new candidates and nine who previously contested the seat.

A new $1.2 million pa‘’anga Administration Building for the Ministry of Justice was officially opened this morning by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV at Hala Lavinia, Kolofo'ou, Nuku‘alofa.

Tonga's Prime Minister Prince ‘Ulukalala Lavaka Ata yesterday evening, March 21, announced the names of the four new members of the Tongan Cabinet appointed by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV from the newly elected representatives to parliament.

See final results charts for all districts can be downloaded here including the results for the nine People's Representatives. By Pesi Fonua

Follow the latest results of Tonga's triennial Parliamentary General Election tomorrow night, March 17, with the Matangi Tonga Online.