Nadi (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Nadi 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. It was located in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu.

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
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Pradhuman RanigaFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,55942.9111,77366.84
Manjuwati VermaNational Federation Party (NFP)5,65332.095,84133.16
Apisai ToraParty of National Unity (PANU)3,06117.38......
Jopeni VatunituChristian Democratic Alliance (VLV)1,1856.73......
Makelesi LutuciriSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)1560.89......
Total17,614100.0017,614100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Prem SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)3,17021.707,34450.28
Krishna PrasadFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,24542.757,26249.72
Inia Latidreketi TueliSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)2,14914.71......
Miliakere MoceProtector of Fiji (BKV)1,2308.42......
Shri Venkanna ChettyNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)8145.57......
Arthur SowaniParty of National Unity (PANU)6734.61......
Auvind Deo SinghSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)3252.22......
Total14,607100.0014,607100.00
Note: On 8 February 2002 the High Court ruled that more than a thousand votes, most of them for Prasad, had been wrongly invalidated, and awarded the seat to Prasad.

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Amjad AliFiji Labour Party (FLP)8,63046.439,68852.13
Shyam SundaramSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)5,43229.236,22233.48
Prem SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)2,64514.232,67614.40
Kamenieli NawaqavonovonoParty of National Unity (PANU)4766.442.56...
Ratu Jeremaia LewaravuIndependent3922.11......
Josephine Raikuna WilliamsUnited Peoples Party (UPP)3892.09......
Arvind Deo SinghSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)2371.23......
Josefa Samudunatua VatunituIndependent1680.90......
Pravin JamiesonIndependent960.52......
Ratu Vero Naovuka QoroIndependent650.35......
Rajendra KumarIndependent560.30......
Total18,586100.0018,586100.00

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