Claim: During the general elections that were held in Tonga on February 18 and 19, 1987 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga (which has 25 members in wherein 17 members elected by the majority of the people for a 5-year term in multi-seat constituencies via the single non-transferable vote system), the election resulted wherein 36% were ministers while only 14% were anti-reform candidates.
Evidence: The Legislative Assembly (Tongan: Fale Alea) of Tonga has 25 members in which 17 members elected by majority of the people for a 5-year term in multi-seat constituencies via the single non-transferable vote system. General elections were held in Tonga on 18 and 19 February 1987 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. Anti-reform candidates 4 Ministers 10 Total 28