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2008 Aoke/Langalanga by-election

2008 Aoke/Langalanga by-election

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The Aoke-Langalanga by-election, 2008 was a by-election for the Aoke-Langalanga constituency in the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. It was held following the death of sitting MP (and former Prime Minister) Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, of the Liberal Party.[1]

Ten candidates (nine men and one woman) stood for the by-election, which was held on March 28, 2008.[2]

Matthew Cooper Wale, of the Democratic Party,[3] obtained 1,608 votes, while Billy Manu, in second place, "polled a little over 1000 ballots". Voter turn-out was about 70%.[4][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008
  2. [2]
    "TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
  3. [3]
    "The Hon. Matthew Cooper Wale", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
  4. [4]
    "New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008
  5. [5]
    "TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands
  6. [6]
    Wood, Terence (1 May 2014). "Solomon Islands Election Results 1967-2013". Social Science Research Network.
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