Suva City General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. 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 68 seats, 43 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).
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 | First preferences | Final preferences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Bill Aull | Independent | 918 | 30.44 | 1,584 | 52.52 | |
| Robin Storck | United General Party | 1,360 | 45.09 | 1,432 | 47.48 | |
| Norman Lawrence Low | Fijian Association Party | 577 | 19.13 | |||
| Edward Jennings | Coalition of Independent Nationals | 161 | 5.34 | |||
| Total | 3,016 | 100.00 | 3,016 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,016 | – | ||||
| Independent win | ||||||
2001 edit
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Final preferences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Kenneth Zinck | New Labour Unity Party | 993 | 35.40 | 1,692 | 60.32 | |
| Kenneth Low | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua | 590 | 21.03 | 1,113 | 39.68 | |
| John Sanday | General Voters Party | 429 | 15.29 | |||
| Wenddell Archibald | United General Party | 352 | 12.55 | |||
| Bill Aull | Fijian Association Party | 314 | 11.19 | |||
| Norman Lawrence Low | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei | 127 | 4.53 | |||
| Total | 2,805 | 100.00 | 2,805 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,742 | – | ||||
| NLUP gain from independent | ||||||
2006 edit
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadette Ganilau | United Peoples Party | 1,458 | 52.13 | |
| Aca Lord | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua | 702 | 25.10 | |
| Kenneth Zinck | Independent | 510 | 18.23 | |
| Daniel Robert Johns | National Federation Party | 127 | 4.54 | |
| Total | 2,797 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,730 | – | ||
| UPP gain from NLUP | ||||