Bua Macuata West (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Bua Macuata West Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It was located in the western part of the northern island of Vanua Levu.

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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
(primary)		%Votes
(final)		%
Manoa BaleFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,24427.629,29060.45
Filimone RalogaivauSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)5,89838.386,07839.55
Meli BulitilivaChristian Democratic Alliance (VLV)4,38828.55......
Josefa RusaqoliNationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)4572.97......
Ramesh Chand(UNLP)3632.36......
Rameshwar PrasadNational Federation Party180.12......
Total15,368100.0015,368100.00

2001
CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)		%Votes
(final)		%
Isireli TuvukiSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) [1]3,17821.967,57652.28
Ratu Josefa DimuriConservative Alliance (CAMV)5,50138.006,90847.72
Evia Varani SailoFiji Labour Party (FLP)3,38123.36......
Rameshwar PrasadNational Federation Party1,3469.30......
Prasad JamunaNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)5623.88......
Josefa RusaqoliSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)3312.29......
Manoj Singh(AIM)1761.22......
Total14,476100.0014,475100.00
[1] Note that the SDL nominated not one but two candidates for this constituency.

2006
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Ratu Josefa DimuriSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)8,30754.40
Lemeki QalibauFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,61830.24
Josefa CavuNational Alliance Party (NAPF)9396.15
Josefa RusaqoliNational Federation Party (NFP)5653.70
Suliasi SaraqiaIndependent5283.46
Isireli TuvukiSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)2351.54
Hazrat AliNational Alliance Party (NAPF)480.31
Vitori CavalevuNational Alliance Party (NAPF)300.20
Total15,270100.00

Sources

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