Suva City Urban (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Suva City Fijian Urban Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous 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 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the central part of Suva City.

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

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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).

In the 2001 and 2006 elections, Mataiasi Ragiagia won with more than 50 percent of the primary vote; therefore, there was no redistribution of preferences.

CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Viliame VolavolaFAP1,40815.325,31157.78
Filipe BoleSVT3,70040.263,88042.22
Lili KingVLV2,13123.19
Susana TuisawauFLP1,17012.73
Josaia WaqabacaNVTLP7828.51
Total9,191100.009,191100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,191
FAP win
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mataiasi RagigiaSDL4,87455.75
Filipe BoleSVT1,58618.14
Seini NawalowaloNLUP1,10812.67
Aca SoqosoqoCAMV91110.42
Apaitia SeruNVTLP1261.44
Sereana LewanirabeDNT770.88
Atama MataulokiIndependent600.69
Total8,742100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,742
SDL gain from FAP
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mataiasi RagigiaSDL7,20573.04
Peni VolavolaSDL8808.92
Apete NaitiniNAP7607.70
Josaia WaqabacaFLP6756.84
Miriama CamaNFP1571.59
Akuila BaleIndependent1421.44
Semi UluivuyaNAVTLP460.47
Total9,865100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,865
SDL hold

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