Suva City (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Suva City 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
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
William Granger AullIndependent
(General Voters Party (GVP))
91830.441,58452.52
Robin Anthony StorckUnited General Party (UGP)1,36045.091,43247.48
Norman Lawrence LowFijian Association Party (FAP)57719.13......
Edward JenningsCoalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)1615.34......
Total3,016100.003,016100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Kenneth ZinckNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)99335.401,69260.32
Kenneth LowSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)59021.031,11339.68
John Ian Nasson SandayGeneral Voters Party (GVP)42915.29......
Wendell Anthony ArchibaldUnited General Party (UGP)35212.55......
William Granger AullFijian Association Party (FAP)31411.19......
Norman Lawrence LowSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)1274.53......
Total2,805100.002,805100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Bernadette Rounds GanilauUnited Peoples Party (UPP)1,45853.41
Aca LordSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)70225.71
Kenneth Vincent ZinckIndependent51018.68
Daniel Robert JohnsNational Federation Party (NFP)602.20
Total2,730100.00

Sources

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