Nadi Urban (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Nadi Urban 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 Nadi in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu, and included Nadi International Airport, Fiji's main airport.

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	%
Amjad Ali	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,829	65.69
Dorsami Naidu	National Federation Party (NFP)	3,567	34.31
Total		10,396	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Amjad Ali	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,169	69.57
Dorsami Naidu	National Federation Party (NFP)	2,649	29.45
Suresh Chandra Verma	New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)	178	0.98
Total		8,996	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Gunasagaran Gounder	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	8,108	76.06
Sushila Rameshwar	National Federation Party (NFP)	2,151	20.18
Mohammed Zarib	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	266	2.50
Kamlesh Prasad	Independent	120	1.13
Sanmogam Naidu Sanu	Independent	15	0.14
Total		10,660	100.00

Sources

• Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
• Fiji Facts