Tailevu North Ovalau (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Tailevu North Ovalau 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. It comprised the island of Ovalau and the northern part of Tailevu Province, on the main island of Viti Levu.

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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)
%
Ratu Tu'uakitau Cokanauto Fijian Association Party (FAP)6,56347.707,34853.41
Adi Litia Cakobau Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)3,01521.91......
Viliame Sausauwai Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)2,36817.216,41146.59
Josefa Vosanibola Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV)1,80313.10......
Mani Lal Patel National Federation Party 100.07......
Total13,759100.0013,759100.00
Note that Sausauwai was initially declared the winner of the seat, but a recount conducted by the High Court subsequently awarded it to Cokanauto.

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Josefa Vosanibola Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)4,22433.158,52766.91
Viliame Sausauwai Conservative Alliance (CAMV)3,65628.694,24733.33
Mitieli Vodonaivalu New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)1,34110.52......
Tu'uakitau Cokanauto Independent1,2569.86......
Jo Nacola Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)1,2459.77......
Watisoni Waqaicece Fiji Labour Party (FLP)8016.29......
Josaia Waqavou Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)2511.97......
Total12,744100.0012,744100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Josefa Vosanibola Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)7,34251.16
Josefa Dulakiverata Independent2,80019.51
Tomasi Tokalauvere Fiji Labour Party (FLP)1,76912.33
Isoa Gonenicolo Tamani Independent1,58511.04
Aisake Bukavesi Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)8495.92
Total14,351100.00

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