2002 Tongan general election

none General elections were held in Tonga on March 7, 2002, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.James Kerry The Recent Elections in Tonga: Democratic Supporters Win but Does Democracy Follow? Journal of Pacific History 37 3 2002 313–322 10.1080/0022334022000047858 Supporters of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HDRM) won seven of the nine seats for people's representatives. Voter turnout was 48.9%.James, p. 314. Following the election, HRDM leader 'Akilisi Pohiva was arrested and charged with sedition over allegations of royal corruption published during the run-up to the election.http://www.michaelfield.org/tonga8.htm Tonga's king centre piece in sedition court case against politicians and journalists Michael Field 2002-05-13 2010-01-10 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20081014092317/http://michaelfield.org/tonga8.htm October 14, 2008 He was later acquitted by a jury.http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196529908.html MPs acquitted on sedition charges The Age 2003-05-20 2008-07-15 References Tonga Category:2002 in Tonga Category:Elections in Tonga Category:March 2002 in Oceania