Labasa Rural (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Labasa Rural 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 rural hinterland of the Town of Labasa, the largest urban area on the northern island of Vanua Levu.

Election results

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,88671.80
Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)1,81122.09
Niranjan KuarUNLP3414.16
Umesh ChandFGWC1601.95
Total8,198100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,12883.06
Sukha SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)93312.65
Deo SatyaNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2283.09
Umesh ChandAIM490.66
Anil SharmaUnited Fiji Party (SDL)400.54
Total7,378100.00

Byelection, 6 December 2003

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,34769.12
Charan Jeath SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)1,21119.26
Subrail GounderUnited Fiji Party (SDL)5258.35
Dildar ShahJustice and Freedom Party1382.19
Mohammed TazilIndependent681.08
Total6,289100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,27983.16
Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)93014.65
Satya DeoUnited Fiji Party (SDL)1392.19
Total6,348100.00

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