Labasa Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Labasa Rural 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 the rural hinterland of the Town of Labasa, the largest urban area on 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%
Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,88671.80
Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)1,81122.09
Niranjan KuarUNLP3414.16
Umesh ChandFGWC1601.95
Total8,198100.00

2001
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,12883.06
Sukha SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)93312.65
Deo SatyaNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2283.09
Umesh ChandAIM490.66
Anil SharmaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)400.54
Total7,378100.00

Byelection, 6 December 2003
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,34769.12
Charan Jeath SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)1,21119.26
Subrail GounderSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)5258.35
Dildar ShahJustice and Freedom Party1382.19
Mohammed TazilIndependent681.08
Total6,289100.00

2006
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,27983.16
Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)93014.65
Satya DeoSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1392.19
Total6,348100.00

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