Five out of 13 Cabinet ministers in the Human Rights Protection Party-led government lost their seats after the general election last Friday, preliminary election results show.

The former Minister of Finance, Sili Epa Tuioti who was the incumbent MP for the Faasaleleaga No.1 headlines the five defeated ministers after he lost to the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party candidate Matamua Vasati Pulufana.