Bua Macuata West (Open Constituency, Fiji)
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Bua Macuata West Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, are allocated by ethnicity). Like the other open electorates, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It is located in the western part of the northern island of Vanua Levu.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] 1999
| Candidate | Political party | Votes (primary) |
% | Votes (final) |
% |
| Manoa Bale | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 4,244 | 27.62 | 9,290 | 60.45 |
| Filimone Ralogaivau | Fijian Political Party (SVT) | 5,898 | 38.38 | 6,078 | 39.55 |
| Meli Bulitiliva | Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) | 4,388 | 28.55 | ... | ... |
| Josefa Rusaqoli | Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 457 | 2.97 | ... | ... |
| Ramesh Chand | (UNLP) | 363 | 2.36 | ... | ... |
| Rameshwar Prasad | National Federation Party | 18 | 0.12 | ... | ... |
| Total | 15,368 | 100.00 | 15,368 | 100.00 | |
[edit] 2001
| Candidate | Political party | Votes (primary) |
% | Votes (final) |
% |
| Isireli Tuvuki | United Fiji Party (SDL) [1] | 3,178 | 21.96 | 7,576 | 52.28 |
| Ratu Josefa Dimuri | Conservative Alliance (CAMV) | 5,501 | 38.00 | 6,908 | 47.72 |
| Evia Varani Sailo | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 3,381 | 23.36 | ... | ... |
| Rameshwar Prasad | National Federation Party | 1,346 | 9.30 | ... | ... |
| Prasad Jamuna | New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) | 562 | 3.88 | ... | ... |
| Josefa Rusaqoli | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 331 | 2.29 | ... | ... |
| Manoj Singh | (AIM) | 176 | 1.22 | ... | ... |
| Total | 14,476 | 100.00 | 14,475 | 100.00 | |
| [1] Note that the SDL nominated not one but two candidates for this constituency. | |||||
[edit] 2006
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Ratu Josefa Dimuri | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 8,307 | 54.40 |
| Lemeki Qalibau | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 4,618 | 30.24 |
| Josefa Cavu | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 939 | 6.15 |
| Josefa Rusaqoli | National Federation Party (NFP) | 565 | 3.70 |
| Suliasi Saraqia | Independent | 528 | 3.46 |
| Isireli Tuvuki | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 235 | 1.54 |
| Hazrat Ali | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 48 | 0.31 |
| Vitori Cavalevu | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 30 | 0.20 |
| Total | 15,270 | 100.00 | |
