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.

Election results

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Ahmed GaffarFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,20973.56
Ram LajendraNational Federation Party (NFP)2,22926.44
Total8,431100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Satendra SinghFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,19071.45
Praveen Kumar BalaNational Federation Party (NFP)2,07428.55
Total7,264100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Jain KumarFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,95672.20
Praveen BalaNational Federation Party (NFP)1,87427.30
Nirbhay ChandUnited Fiji Party (SDL)340.50
Total6,864100.00

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