Lau (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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Lau Fijian Provincial Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covers the Lau Islands archipelago and is coextensive with Lau Province.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 1999
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Adi Koila Nailatikau | Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) | 3,012 | 50.82 |
Viliame Cavubati | Fijian Political Party (SVT) | 2,816 | 47.51 |
Isoa Tuinasaqalau | Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 99 | 1.67 |
Total | 5,927 | 100.00 |
[edit] 2001
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Laisenia Qarase | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 5,219 | 91.48 |
Bogivitu Lotawa | Conservative Alliance (CAMV) | 76 | 1.33 |
Vakatoto Biu Vulivakarua | Fijian Political Party (SVT) | 246 | 4.31 |
Sailosi Vulawalu Halofaki | Independent | 164 | 2.87 |
Total | 5,705 | 100.00 |
[edit] 2006
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Laisenia Qarase | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 4,896 | 93.33 |
Viliame Cavubati | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 350 | 6.67 |
Total | 5,246 | 100.00 |