Talk:Tongan general election, 2008

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What is the source for the party identification of candidates given in this article? No party identifications are given at the Tongan news source provided. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 10:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Political parties aren't formally recognised in the Tongan political system, so there's no mention in the official results. So instead party affiliations have been identified through other media sources. Those labelled as PDP are sourced from here. The PLT leader is identified here. The HRDM are identified from other media releases (), from the official Parliamentary website, and from the source for the 2005 results. I understand that this can lead to errors (particularly in light of the HRDM split), but there's no other way at the moment. IdiotSavant (talk) 11:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that's very helpful. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 20:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)