Vuda (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Vuda East Maritime 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 part of Ba Province, in the western part of the main island of Viti 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 %
Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,936 73.09
National Federation Party (NFP) 2,352 24.79
Independent 201 2.12
Total 9,489 100.00

2001[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Vyas Deo Sharma Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,310 79.76
National Federation Party (NFP) 1,383 17.48
Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 218 2.76
Total 7,911 100.00

2006[]

Candidate Political party Votes %
Vyas Deo Sharma Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,131 85.12
Rajendra Singh National Federation Party (NFP) 748 8.93
Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 330 3.94
National Alliance Party (NAPF) 155 1.84
Independent 14 0.17
Total 8,378 100.00

Sources[]

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