Tailevu Rewa (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Tailevu Rewa 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 Provinces of Tailevu and Rewa in the eastern part 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%
Ragho NandFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,38157.60
Aptar SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)3,60538.59
Ahmed Riaz DeanFijian Association Party (FAP)3563.81
Total9,342100.00

2001
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Ragho NandFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,78875.48
Aptar SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)1,75822.92
Clement Claudius JosephNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)1231.60
Total7,669100.00

2006
CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Ragho NandFiji Labour Party (FLP)8,05886.69
Anay Sumeshwar YadavNational Federation Party (NFP)96710.40
Mohammed TazimNational Alliance Party1441.55
Nilesh Chand MaharajSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1261.36
Total9,295100.00

Sources

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