Suva City (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Suva City Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-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 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the nucleus of Suva City, Fiji's capital.

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

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Deo Narain	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,549	56.17
Wadan Lal Narsey	National Federation Party (NFP)	5,111	43.87
Total		11,660	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Gyani Nand	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,768	74.65
Attar Singh	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,976	21.80
Nardeo Mishra	New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)	322	3.55
Total		9,066	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Gyani Nand	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	7,660	77.32
Chandra Kant Umaria	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,675	16.91
Dildar Shah	National Alliance Party (NAPF)	405	4.09
Mohammed Salamat Ali	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	147	1.48
Shiu Ram	Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)	20	0.20
Total		9,907	100.00

Sources

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