Ba (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Ba 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. The population was predominantly Indo-Fijian and the electorate was a stronghold of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) throughout its history.

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

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryFiji Labour Party (FLP)10,35860.97
Diwan Chand ShankarNational Federation Party (NFP)5,28531.11
Savenaca NabekaParty of National Unity (PANU)8094.76
Daben SinghChristian Democratic Alliance (VLV)4902.88
Saimoni BaleirewaSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)460.27
Total16,988100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryFiji Labour Party (FLP)9,65165.07
Ram LagendraNational Federation Party (NFP)5,18134.93
Total14,832100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryFiji Labour Party (FLP)10,70963.27
Ram LajendraNational Federation Party (NFP)2,98117.61
Faiaaz AliSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)2,73716.17
Savenaca NabekaParty of National Unity (PANU)2831.67
John Nacamavuto DunnNational Alliance Party (NAPF)1390.82
Jale BabaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)600.35
Ralulu RusilaNational Alliance Party (NAPF)160.09
Total16,925100.00

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