Labasa (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Labasa Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. The electorate covered the largest Town on the northern island of Vanua Levu.

The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.

Election results[]

In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The final vote refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see electoral fusion), which may be customized by the voters (see instant run-off voting).

1999[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Nareish Kumar Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,043 51.84
National Federation Party (NFP) 4,516 33.24
Chitra Singh (UNLP) 1051 7.74
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 975 7.18
Total 13,585 100.00

2001[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Poseci Bune Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,744 58.93
National Federation Party (NFP) 1,777 15.53
Conservative Alliance (CAMV) 1,055 9.22
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SDL) 807 7.05
New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 753 6.58
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 274 2.39
Party of the Truth (POTT) 35 0.31
Total 11,445 100.00

2006[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Poseci Bune Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 8,066 62.19
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 3,015 23.25
Raman Pratap Singh National Federation Party (NFP) 1,266 9.76
National Alliance Party (NAPF) 273 2.10
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 265 2.04
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 80 0.62
National Alliance Party (NAPF) 5 0.04
Total 12,970 100.00

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