Suva City (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Suva City 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))
918 30.44 1,584 52.52
United General Party (UGP) 1,360 45.09 1,432 47.48
Fijian Association Party (FAP) 577 19.13 ... ...
Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) 161 5.34 ... ...
Total 3,016 100.00 3,016 100.00

2001[]

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)
% Votes
(final)
%
Kenneth Zinck New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 993 35.40 1,692 60.32
Kenneth Low Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 590 21.03 1,113 39.68
John Ian Nasson Sanday (GVP) 429 15.29 ... ...
United General Party (UGP) 352 12.55 ... ...
Fijian Association Party (FAP) 314 11.19 ... ...
Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 127 4.53 ... ...
Total 2,805 100.00 2,805 100.00

2006[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Bernadette Rounds Ganilau United Peoples Party (UPP) 1,458 53.41
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 702 25.71
Kenneth Vincent Zinck Independent 510 18.68
National Federation Party (NFP) 60 2.20
Total 2,730 100.00

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