Nasinu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Nasinu Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the Town of Nasinu, Fiji's second-largest urban centre, north of Suva.

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 %
Pratap Chand Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,725 73.62
Vijendra Prakash National Federation Party (NFP) 2,735 26.06
Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) 34 0.32
Total 10,494 100.00

2001[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Pratap Chand Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,638 84.49
Vijendra Prakash National Federation Party (NFP) 1,266 14.00
New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 128 1.42
Fijian Association Party (FAP) 8 0.09
Total 9,040 100.00

2006[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Krishna Datt Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 10,940 90.89
National Federation Party (NFP) 615 5.11
Imraz Iqbal Ali Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 226 1.88
National Alliance Party (NAPF) 222 1.84
Fatima Bano Shah National Alliance Party (NAPF) 28 0.23
Hari Prasad Sharma Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 5 0.04
Total 12,036 100.00

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