Vuda (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Vuda East Maritime 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 part of Ba Province, in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu.

Election results

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,93673.09
Swani Kumar MaharajNational Federation Party (NFP)2,35224.79
Bissun DattIndependent2012.12
Total9,489100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,31079.76
Ramaswamy Ponnu Swamy GoundarNational Federation Party (NFP)1,38317.48
Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2182.76
Total7,911100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,13185.12
Rajendra SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)7488.93
Abdul Afizu RahimanUnited Fiji Party (SDL)3303.94
Sanel PrasadNational Alliance Party (NAPF)1551.84
Arbin Prakash NarayanIndependent140.17
Total8,378100.00

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