Lautoka City (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Lautoka City 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 City of Lautoka, in the west of the main island of Viti 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%
Ganeshwar ChandFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,14661.34
Jagannath SamiNational Federation Party (NFP)3,72037.13
Mohammed Rauf KhanParty of National Unity (PANU)1531.53
Total10,019100.00

2001
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Ganeshwar ChandFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,89972.53
Faiaaz AliNational Federation Party (NFP)1,88023.11
Hasmukh ChauhanNew Labour Unity Party3193.92
Beni SamiGermit Heritage Party (GHP)360.44
Total8,134100.00

2006
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Jai GawanderFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,62979.89
Rakesh KumarNational Federation Party (NFP)1,59016.65
Rosemary SantanjiNational Alliance Party (NAPF)1721.80
Azizul DeanSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1581.65
Total9,549100.00

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