West Central (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

West Central General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. 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 68 seats, 43 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).

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%
David PickeringUnited General Party (UGP)2,39254.07
Kenneth LowIndependent
(General Voters Party)
1,12325.38
Arthur JenningsCoalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)90920.55
Total4,424100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mick BeddoesUnited General Party (UGP)2,17855.13
Kelepi Covimaidrano AbarigaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)90923.01
Rollan LiloGeneral Voters Party (GVP)73918.70
Andrew BlakeSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)1253.16
Total3,951100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mick BeddoesUnited Peoples Party (UGP)2,23450.47
Pateresio Nunu PolaniaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1,65137.30
Noel Iupasi TofingaNational Alliance Party (NAPF)45310.23
Vula Tawake ShawSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)541.22
Anaseini Tuineau HenryNational Alliance Party (NAPF)340.77
Total4,426100.00

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