The 2008 Tongan Legislative Assembly is the previous term of the

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. Its composition was determined by the

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, held on April 23 and 24, 2008. It served until 2010, when

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were held under a new constitution. Nine members of the parliament were People's Representatives, nine represented the 33 nobles, and fourteen were

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appointed by the King. The Speaker of the 2008 Legislative Assembly was Hon Tu'ilakepa.

Initial party standings

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, style="text-align:right;" , 21,914 , style="text-align:right;" , 28.36 , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

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s , style="text-align:right;" , 41,798 , style="text-align:right;" , 54.09 , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , People's Democratic Party , style="text-align:right;" , 10,798 , style="text-align:right;" , 13.97 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Paati Langafonua Tu'uloa , style="text-align:right;" , 2,768 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.58 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Members elected by and among the 29 hereditary nobles of Tonga , style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" , 9 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Members of the Privy Council (appointed by the

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) , style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" , 12 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Governors (appointed by the King) , style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 77,278 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 30 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Source:Matangi Tonga

Members

References

{{reflist Politics of Tonga Political organisations based in Tonga