Nadroga_(Indian_Communal_Constituency,_Fiji)

Nadroga (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Nadroga (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Former electoral constituency in Fiji


Nadroga 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 south-central areas 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

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Lekh Ram VayeshnoiFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,64761.06
Mohammed Azam KhalilNational Federation Party (NFP)3,60138.94
Total9,248100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Lekh Ram VayeshnoiFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,85671.28
Dhruv Ram SharmaNational Federation Party (NFP)1,98624.18
Ali Mohammed JamalNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)3734.54
Total8,215100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Lekh Ram VayeshnoiFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,21981.04
Parma NandNational Federation Party (NFP)1,21513.64
Ashok KumarSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)4745.32
Total8,908100.00

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