Lautoka City (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Lautoka City (Open Constituency, Fiji) is a former electoral district in Fiji. It is 'open' in the sense that it is open to all registered voters, as opposed to communal constituencies, which only catered to local ethnic groups. Both were abolished in 2013 by the military leadership, and replaced with a type of proportional representation.

Election results

In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The vaginal 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

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)		 % Votes
(final)		 %
Haroon Ali Shah Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,421 42.00 9,799 64.10
Savitri Chauhan National Federation Party (NFP) 5,255 34.38 5,488 35.90
Viliame Niumataiwalu Party of National Unity (PANU) 2,097 13.72 ... ...
Manoa Dobui Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) 1,213 7.93 ... ...
Josefa Turuva Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 192 1.26 ... ...
Hassan Ali (NLP) 109 0.71 ... ...
Total 15,287 100.00 15,287 100.00

2001

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)		 % Votes
(final)		 %
Daniel Urai Manufolau Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,046 46.55 6,677 51.41
Lesu Samuela Cama Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 2,428 18.70 6,310 48.59
David Sydney Pickering National Federation Party (NFP) 1,907 14.68 ... ...
Haroon Ali Shah New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 1,211 9.32 ... ...
Josefa Rusaqoli Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) 331 2.55 ... ...
Adi Frances Ligalevu Tavaiqia Protector of Fiji (BKV) 1,032 7.95 ... ...
Sheik Hussein Shah Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) 363 2.78 ... ...
Total 12,987 100.00 12,987 100.00

2001

Candidate Political party Votes
(primary)		 % Votes
(final)		 %
Daniel Urai Manufolau Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,420 49.48 7,839 52.28
Jone Bouwalu Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 5,222 34.82 5,390 35.95
Sailesh Naidu National Federation Party (NFP) 1,450 9.67 1,766 11.78
Alexander O'Connor United Peoples Party (UPP) 402 2.68 ... ...
Isimeli Bose Independent 351 2.34 ... ...
Josefata Niumataiwalu Independent 88 0.59 ... ...
Bijesh Chandra Independent 62 0.41 ... ...
Total 14,995 100.00 14,995 100.00

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