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
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Mohammed Latif Subedar | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 5,886 | 71.80 |
Mohammed Rafiq | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,811 | 22.09 |
Niranjan Kuar | UNLP | 341 | 4.16 |
Umesh Chand | FGWC | 160 | 1.95 |
Total | 8,198 | 100.00 | |
2001
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Mohammed Latif Subedar | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 6,128 | 83.06 |
Sukha Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 933 | 12.65 |
Deo Satya | New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) | 228 | 3.09 |
Umesh Chand | AIM | 49 | 0.66 |
Anil Sharma | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 40 | 0.54 |
Total | 7,378 | 100.00 | |
Byelection, 6 December 2003
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Mohammed Tahir | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 4,347 | 69.12 |
Charan Jeath Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,211 | 19.26 |
Subrail Gounder | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 525 | 8.35 |
Dildar Shah | Justice and Freedom Party | 138 | 2.19 |
Mohammed Tazil | Independent | 68 | 1.08 |
Total | 6,289 | 100.00 | |
2006
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Mohammed Tahir | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 5,279 | 83.16 |
Mohammed Rafiq | National Federation Party (NFP) | 930 | 14.65 |
Satya Deo | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 139 | 2.19 |
Total | 6,348 | 100.00 | |
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