North Eastern (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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North Eastern General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. 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 68 seats, 43 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).

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
(primary)
% Votes
(final)
%
Independent
(GVP)
1,326 37.11 1,879 52.59
United General Party (UGP) 1,660 46.46 1,694 47.41
Fijian Association Party (FAP) 480 13.43 ... ...
Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) 87 2.43 ... ...
Independent 20 0.56 ... ...
Total 3,573 100.00 3,573 100.00

2001[]

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)
% Votes
(final)
%
David Ariu Christopher Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 969 29.46 1,987 60.41
(GVP) 736 22.38 1,302 39.59
United General Party (UGP) 730 22.20 ... ...
Independent 520 15.81 ... ...
Conservative Alliance (CAMV) 325 9.88 ... ...
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 90 2.74 ... ...
Total 3,289 100.00 3,289 100.00

2006[]

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)
% Votes
(final)
%
Independent 629 17.22 2,014 55.13
David Ariu Christopher Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 1,467 40.16 1,639 44.87
United Peoples Party (UPP) 528 14.45 ... ...
Fiji Labour Party 383 10.48 ... ...
Independent 357 9.77 ... ...
National Alliance Party (NAPF) 289 7.91 ... ...
Total 3,653 100.00 3,653 100.00

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