1973 Western Samoan general election

1973 Western Samoan general election
24 February 1973
All 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly
  First party
 
Party Independents
Last election 47 seats
Seats won 47
Seat change
Prime Minister before election

Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II
Independent

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 24 February 1973. All candidates ran as independents and voting was restricted to Faʻamatai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. Following the election, Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II became Prime Minister for a second term, having previously held the office between 1959 and 1970.

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