2008 Aoke/Langalanga by-election

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."New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008 Ten candidates (nine men and one woman) stood for the by-election, which was held on March 28, 2008."TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands Matthew Cooper Wale, of the Democratic Party,"The Hon. Matthew Cooper Wale", National Parliament of Solomon Islands obtained 1,608 votes, while Billy Manu, in second place, "polled a little over 1000 ballots". Voter turn-out was about 70%."New Members for East Malaita and Aoke-Langalanga", Solomon Times, March 29, 2008"TWO NEW MALAITA MPs SWORN-IN", National Parliament of Solomon Islands Results Matthew Wale 1608 Billy A. Manu 1022 David Faradatolo 937 Hellen Osi Huniehu 672 Billy Gizo Saenamua 454 Peter Clyde Mamisau 311 Abraham Willie Waleualo 214 Meshach Maebiru Maetoloa 63 Robert Wales Feraltelia 51 Robert Henry Alufurai 11 40 Wood Terence 1 May 2014 Solomon Islands Election Results 1967-2013 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2488857 Social Science Research Network See also List of Solomon Islands by-elections References 2008 Category:2008 in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Category:March 2008 in Oceania