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The number of Senators is set at 32.

The term of the Senate is synchronized with that of the House of Representatives: a five-year term, or less, if the House of Representatives is dissolved sooner.

Membership qualifications are the same as for the House of Representatives.

Senators are officially appointed by the President, but his role is a mere formality, as Section 64 requires him to ratify the nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs ( 14 ), the Prime Minister ( 9 ), the Leader of the Opposition ( 8 ), and the Council of Rotuma ( 1 ).

The Prime Minister's nominees generally come from his own political party or coalition.

Except for the Prime Minister's party, the nominees of the Leader of the Opposition must represent every political party with more than 8 seats in the House of Representatives, in proportion to its total membership.

Persons proposed by the Leader of the Opposition must have been selected by their respective parties, not by the Leader of the Opposition himself.

If the event of the office of the Leader of the Opposition being vacant, the Prime Minister must adopt the role of the Leader of the Opposition in filling the 8 Senate seats, and must follow the same formula that would be required of the Leader of the Opposition.

If a seat in the Senate becomes vacant through the death or resignation of a Senator, the vacancy is filled by the same party by which the former Senator was nominated.