Vuda (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Vuda East Maritime 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 part of Ba Province, in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu.

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Election results

1999

Candidate Political party Votes %
Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,936 73.09
Swani Kumar Maharaj National Federation Party (NFP) 2,352 24.79
Bissun Datt Independent 201 2.12
Total 9,489 100.00

2001

Candidate Political party Votes %
Vyas Deo Sharma Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,310 79.76
Ramaswamy Ponnu Swamy Goundar National Federation Party (NFP) 1,383 17.48
Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 218 2.76
Total 7,911 100.00

2006

Candidate Political party Votes %
Vyas Deo Sharma Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 7,131 85.12
Rajendra Singh National Federation Party (NFP) 748 8.93
Abdul Afizu Rahiman United Fiji Party (SDL) 330 3.94
Sanel Prasad National Alliance Party (NAPF) 155 1.84
Arbin Prakash Narayan Independent 14 0.17
Total 8,378 100.00

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