Ba East (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Ba East Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covers the eastern part of Ba Province.

Election results

1999

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Ahmed Gaffar	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,209	73.56
Ram Lajendra	National Federation Party (NFP)	2,229	26.44
Total		8,431	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Satendra Singh	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	5,190	71.45
Praveen Kumar Bala	National Federation Party (NFP)	2,074	28.55
Total		7,264	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Jain Kumar	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	4,956	72.20
Praveen Bala	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,874	27.30
Nirbhay Chand	United Fiji Party (SDL)	34	0.50
Total		6,864	100.00

Sources

• Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
• Fiji Facts