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Former and informal

Macuata 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 electorate was located in north-eastern Vanua Levu, and has been a stronghold of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) since its inception.

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

Candidate Political Party Votes %
Krishna Datt Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 8,807 58.92
Pramod Chand National Federation Party (NFP) 4,038 27.01
Joeli Tumuri Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) 1,532 10.25
Mehi Lal (UNLP) 571 3.82
Total 14,948 100.00

2001

Candidate Political party Votes %
Krishna Datt Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 8,624 64.34
Solomone Catarogo Conservative Alliance (CAMV) 1,586 11.83
Mohammed Rafiq National Federation Party (NFP) 1,491 11.12
Joeli Tumuri Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 877 6.54
Hafiz Abdul New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) 529 3.95
Eroni Alekisa Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 168 1.25
Sivo Lusiana Ravuwale Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 129 0.96
Total 13,404 100.00
Note that the SDL nominated not one but three candidates for this constituency.

2006

Candidate Political party Votes %
Agni Deo Singh Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 8,357 62.51
Iliesa Seru Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 3,343 25.01
Pramod Chand National Federation Party (NFP) 1,669 12.48
Total 13,369 100.00

Sources

Electoral divisions of Fiji
Open Constituencies
Fijian Communal Constituencies
Indian Communal Constituencies
Rotuman Communal Constituencies
General electors Communal Constituencies
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