Ba West Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the western part of Ba Province.
The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.
Election results edit
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 edit
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ami Chand | Labour | 5,545 | 65.58 | |
| Vinod Patel | NFP | 2,910 | 34.42 | |
| Total | 8,455 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,455 | – | ||
| Labour win | ||||
2001 edit
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaffar Ahmed | Labour | 5,538 | 70.56 | |
| Vinod Patel | NFP | 2,164 | 27.57 | |
| Keshwan Nair | NLUP | 147 | 1.87 | |
| Total | 7,849 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,849 | – | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
2006 edit
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narendra Padarath | Labour | 7,229 | 87.32 | |
| Farouk Janeman | NFP | 870 | 10.51 | |
| Maden Sen | SDL | 180 | 2.17 | |
| Total | 8,279 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,279 | – | ||
| Labour hold | ||||