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.

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[edit] Election results

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

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