[3] The by-election was triggered by the death of the incumbent member of parliament (MP) Vaʻele Paʻiaʻaua Iona Sekuini of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party, in March 2022.

[9] Falesaopule Vaialia Iosua, a former public servant who previously served as the assistant chief executive officer of the women's ministry, announced that he intended to address social inequality.

Falesaopule, who also served in the ministries of health and education, sports, and culture, has promised to focus on improving access to water, education, and roads, to which he stated he would "fight for the roads in my district to be fixed should I succeed, some of the villages in my constituency have been waiting for years but to no success," On gender equality, he announced that he wants to enhance "economic women empowerment".

Falesaopule also intends to increase efforts to decrease youth unemployment, which he said can potentially become disastrous for the constituency due to the relatively easy access these individuals have to alcohol.

Foʻisala also expressed that he intends to implement policies proposed by FAST and said, "...the late M.P., Vaele had already cut the pieces of the cake for this constituency…so all that's left to do is for someone to step up and distribute it to the constituents".