A bye-election was held in the Baegu-Asifola constituency

Constituencies in Solomon Islands

There are 50 constituencies in Solomon Islands, each electing one Member of Parliament to the National Parliament. Elections are held every four years; the most recent took place on April 5, 2006...

 in Solomon Islands

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 on March 30, 2011. The election followed the death of MP

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 Toswel Kaua

Toswel Kaua

Toswel Kaua was a Solomon Islands politician, several times Cabinet minister, and Deputy Prime Minister from May to November 2007....

, an Independent

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, who had first won the seat in April 2006, and held it in the August 2010 general election.

David Tome

David Tome

David Tome is a Solomon Islands politician.Described as a "former agriculturist turned teacher", he was an independent candidate for the Baegu/Asifola seat in the August 2010 general election, and finished second of fourteen candidates, with 16.3% of the vote; he was defeated by the incumbent,...

won the bye-election with 1366 votes, amounting to 21.4% of valid votes cast. Henry Ologa Olebeni came second with 1117 votes.