Suva City (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
Suva City 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 nucleus of Suva City, Fiji's capital.
Election results
1999
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Deo Narain | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 6,549 | 56.17 |
Wadan Lal Narsey | National Federation Party (NFP) | 5,111 | 43.87 |
Total | 11,660 | 100.00 |
2001
2006
Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
Gyani Nand | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 7,660 | 77.32 |
Chandra Kant Umaria | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,675 | 16.91 |
Dildar Shah | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 405 | 4.09 |
Mohammed Salamat Ali | United Fiji Party (SDL) | 147 | 1.48 |
Shiu Ram | Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) | 20 | 0.20 |
Total | 9,907 | 100.00 |
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