Ba (Open Constituency, Fiji)
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Ba 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. The population is predominantly Indo-Fijian and the electorate has been a stronghold of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) since its inception.
Election results
1999
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 10,358 | 60.97 |
| Diwan Chand Shankar | National Federation Party (NFP) | 5,285 | 31.11 |
| Savenaca Nabeka | Party of National Unity (PANU) | 809 | 4.76 |
| Daben Singh | Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) | 490 | 2.88 |
| Saimoni Baleirewa | Fijian Political Party (SVT) | 46 | 0.27 |
| Total | 16,988 | 100.00 | |
2001
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 9,651 | 65.07 |
| Ram Lagendra | National Federation Party (NFP) | 5,181 | 34.93 |
| Total | 14,832 | 100.00 | |
2006
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 10,709 | 63.27 |
| Ram Lajendra | National Federation Party (NFP) | 2,981 | 17.61 |
| Faiaaz Ali | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 2,737 | 16.17 |
| Savenaca Nabeka | Party of National Unity (PANU) | 283 | 1.67 |
| John Nacamavuto Dunn | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 139 | 0.82 |
| Jale Baba | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 60 | 0.35 |
| Ralulu Rusila | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 16 | 0.09 |
| Total | 16,925 | 100.00 | |
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