Labasa Rural 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 rural hinterland of the Town of Labasa, the largest urban area on the northern island of Vanua Levu.
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 | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mohammed Latif Subedar | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 5,886 | 71.80 |
| Mohammed Rafiq | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,811 | 22.09 |
| Niranjan Kuar | UNLP | 341 | 4.16 |
| Umesh Chand | FGWC | 160 | 1.95 |
| Total | 8,198 | 100.00 | |
2001 edit
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mohammed Latif Subedar | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 6,128 | 83.06 |
| Sukha Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 933 | 12.65 |
| Deo Satya | New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) | 228 | 3.09 |
| Umesh Chand | AIM | 49 | 0.66 |
| Anil Sharma | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 40 | 0.54 |
| Total | 7,378 | 100.00 | |
Byelection, 6 December 2003 edit
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mohammed Tahir | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 4,347 | 69.12 |
| Charan Jeath Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,211 | 19.26 |
| Subrail Gounder | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 525 | 8.35 |
| Dildar Shah | Justice and Freedom Party | 138 | 2.19 |
| Mohammed Tazil | Independent | 68 | 1.08 |
| Total | 6,289 | 100.00 | |
2006 edit
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Mohammed Tahir | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 5,279 | 83.16 |
| Mohammed Rafiq | National Federation Party (NFP) | 930 | 14.65 |
| Satya Deo | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 139 | 2.19 |
| Total | 6,348 | 100.00 | |
Sources edit
- Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
- Fiji Facts Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine