North Eastern (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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North Eastern 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).

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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

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

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Leo Barry Smith Independent
General Voters Party (GVP)
1,32637.111,87952.59
Vincent Walter Lobendahn United General Party (UGP)1,66046.461,69447.41
Edward Daniel Reece Fijian Association Party (FAP)48013.43......
Anthony Long Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)872.43......
Ian Mitchell Simpson Independent200.56......
Total3,573100.003,573100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
David Ariu Christopher Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)96929.461,98760.41
Leo Barry Smith General Voters Party (GVP)73622.381,30239.59
Matilda Catherine Gibson United General Party (UGP)73022.20......
Robin Irwin Independent52015.81......
Harry Arthur Robinson Conservative Alliance (CAMV)3259.88......
Yorkcho Jo Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)902.74......
Total3,289100.003,289100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Robin Irwin Independent62917.222,01455.13
David Ariu Christopher Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1,46740.161,63944.87
Harry Arthur Robinson United Peoples Party (UPP)52814.45......
Rebo Terubea Fiji Labour Party 38310.48......
Nawaia Touakin Independent3579.77......
Rocky Percival Billings National Alliance Party (NAPF)2897.91......
Total3,653100.003,653100.00

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