Rotuma (Rotuman Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Rotuma Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, the sole communal constituency reserved for citizens of Rotuman descent. Its boundaries encompass the entire nation; Rotuman-descendants anywhere in Fiji are eligible to vote for, and be a candidate for, this constituency. (Of the remaining 70 seats, 45 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).

Election results

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Marieta RigamotoIndependent2,01250.38
Kafoa Ieli PeneLio on Famor Rotuma (LFR)1,98249.62
Total3,994100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Marieta RigamotoIndependent1,95952.07
Riamkau Tiu LivinoLio on Famor Rotuma (LFR)1,80347.93
Total3,762100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Jioji (George) Konousi KonroteIndependent1,98344.712,50856.55
Victor FatiakiIndependent1,14922.371,36130.69
Mua Ieli TaukaveUnited Peoples Party (UPP)53237.5356612.76
Sosefo KafoaUnited Fiji Party (SDL)52611.86......
Sosefo Sikuri InokeNational Alliance Party (NAPF)2455.52......
Total4,435100.004,435100.00

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