Samoan National Development Party

The Samoan National Development Party (SNDP) was a political party in Samoa, and the country's main opposition party between 1988 and 2003.

The party was formed from a merger of the Christian Democratic Party and Samoa National Party in April 1988.^[1] At the 1991 election the party won 17 of 47 seats, and party leader Tupua Tamasese Efi lost his seat.^[2] They won 13 seats at the 1996 election.^[3] At the 2001 election the party won 23.5% of popular votes and 13 out of 49 seats.

In 2003 the party merged with the Samoan United Independents Political Party to form the Samoan Democratic United Party, which replaced it as the main opposition party of Samoa. At the time of the merger, the party was led by Le Mamea Ropati.

References

1. Asofou So'o (2005). "The establishment and operation of Samoa's political party system". In Roland Rich, Luke Hambly and Michael G. Morgan (ed.). Political Parties in the Pacific Islands (PDF). Canberra: Pandanus Books. p. 193. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
2. "Samoa Government Wins Comfortably". Canberra Times. 7 April 1991. p. 1. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Chris Peteru (1 June 1996). "A Balancing Act". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 66, no. 6. p. 52. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.