Bua (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Bua Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous 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 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered Bua Province, on the northern island of Vanua 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).

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mitieli BulanaucaVLV3,02754.74
Beato RatulocoCOIN1,14920.78
Aminiasi TuragaSVT1,11120.09
Jonasa VuetiNVTLP2434.39
Total5,530100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,530โ€“
VLV win
CandidatePartyVotes%
Josateki VulaCAMV3,20561.00
Mitieli BulanaucaSDL2,04939.00
Total5,254100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,264โ€“
CAMV gain from VLV
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mitieli BulanaucaSDL4,32180.65
Selaima VeisamasamaIndependent68412.77
Etonia BoseIndependent2073.86
Josateki VulaIndependent1462.72
Total5,358100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,358โ€“
SDL gain from CAMV

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