Ba (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Ba Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. The population was predominantly Indo-Fijian and the electorate was a stronghold of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) throughout its history.

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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

1999

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra Chaudhry Labour 10,35860.97
Diwan Shankar NFP 5,28531.11
Savenaca Nabeka PANU 8094.76
Daben Singh VLV 4902.88
Saimoni Baleirewa SVT 460.27
Total16,988100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,988
Labour win

2001

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra Chaudhry Labour 9,65165.07
Ram Lagendra NFP 5,18134.93
Total14,832100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,832
Labour hold

2006

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra Chaudhry Labour 10,70963.27
Ram Lagendra NFP 2,98117.61
Faiaaz Ali SDL 2,73716.17
Savenaca Nabeka PANU 2831.67
John Dunn NAP 1390.82
Jale Baba SDL 600.35
Ralulu Rasila NAP 160.09
Total16,925100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,925
Labour hold

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