Tavua (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Tavua 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 was located in the west of the main island of Viti 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).

1999

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Anand Babla	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	5,463	75.43
Narendra Reddy	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,779	24.57
Total		7,242	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Anand Babla	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	5,500	76.19
Moti Chand	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,443	19.99
Rameshwar Lal	New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)	276	3.82
Total		7,219	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Anand Babla	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	5,707	79.48
Suresh Chandra	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,329	18.51
Mohammed Janif Khan	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	144	2.01
Total		7,180	100.00

Sources

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