Nausori Naitasiri (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Nausori Naitasiri 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. It is located to the north of Suva.

Election results

In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The final vote refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see electoral fusion), which may be customized by the voters (see instant run-off voting).

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Lavenia PadarathFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,10637.879,29050.04
Mirdula SainathNational Federation Party (NFP)4,04430.004,12330.58
Lepani TagicakibauFijian Association Party (FAP)1,63012.092,61219.37
Vilikesa MocelutuChristian Democratic Alliance (VLV)1,72912.82......
Ledua VeretiNationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)8045.96......
Sitiveni KinikiniFijian Political Party (SVT)1691.25......
Total13,482100.0013,482100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Asaeli MasilacaUnited Fiji Party (SDL)4,09534.336,74056.92
Lavinia ParadathFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,93641.375,14043.08
Chengaiya NaiduNational Federation Party (NFP)1,0008.38......
Lasarusa Yehuda Ben-Zion SoveaConservative Alliance (CAMV)9457.92......
Loraini TuleleNationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)5494.60......
Nemani Valucava BuresovaFijian Political Party (SVT)4053.39......
Total11,930100.0011,930100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Asaeli MasilacaUnited Fiji Party (SDL)7,72348.848,29852.48
Lavinia ParadathFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,93543.867,51547.52
Joasia GucakeNational Alliance Party (NAPF)5843.69......
Peter Anuresh ChandNational Federation Party (NFP)4853.07......
Lasarusa Yehuda Ben-Zion SoveaIndependent860.54......
Total11,930100.0015,813100.00

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