Samoa
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 49
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 360
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 5 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 115,901 (2016 election)
· Voter turnout: 69.6% (2016 general election)
· Voting age: 21
- Parliamentary: First-past-the-post voting
· Voting process
1. Check name on electoral roll
2. Apply indelible ink on finger (right hand thumb)
3. Issue ordinary ballot paper
4. Cast vote in booth
· Counting process
1. Preliminary count of votes
2. Scrutiny of the rolls
3. Declaration of results of poll