1955 Rotoruan general election

1955 Rotoruan general election

Presidential election
8 March 1955 (1955-03-08)
Candidate Marama Teariki Lasalo Niko Party Socialist Party Liberal Party Percentage 56.7% 40.1%
President before election Lasalo Niko Liberal Party Elected President Marama Teariki Socialist Party
Apooraa
All 100 seats in the Apooraa 51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Socialist Party Eli Uta'i 51 +11 Liberal Party Iosua Enesi 39 -7 Democratic Party Pule Fanene 5 -4 Nationalist Party Ioelu Vavau 5 -1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Rotorua on 8 March 1955 to elect all 100 members of the Apooraa and the President. The election saw the Socialist Party secure a majority in the Apoora and elect a President for the first time in Marama Teariki. The left-wing surge in the election led to the 1955 Rotoruan coup d'état and the end of the First Republic.