Ba East (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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.
Election results
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 |
2001
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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