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General elections were held in Tonga on 3 and 4 February 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Nine nobles and nine people's representatives were elected. Six of the latter favoured democratic reform. Voter turnout was 59.3%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pro-reform candidates	44,499	64.87	6	–1
	Anti-reform candidates	24,102	35.13	3	+1
Nobles' representatives				9	0
Total		68,601	100.00	18	0

Valid votes		28,505	99.17
Invalid/blank votes		238	0.83
Total votes		28,743	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,487	59.28
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Campbell, Ian C. (2001). "Tonga". In Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford University Press. p. 820. ISBN 0-19-924959-8.

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