Lomaiviti (Fijian Communal Constituency)

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Lomaiviti Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. 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 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the Lomaiviti Archipelago and was coextensive with Lomaiviti Province.

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).

In the elections of 2001 and 2006, Simione Kaitani won with more than 50 percent of the primary vote; therefore, there was no redistribution of preferences.

1999

CandidatePolitical partyVotes
(primary)
%Votes
(final)
%
Simione KaitaniIndependent1,89529.783,47554.60
Tomasi TokalauvereFiji Labour Party79212.451,48823.38
Jone KauvesiSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)1,36321.411,40122.01
Etuate BasagaChristian Democratic Alliance1,24019.48......
Timoci TuisawauFijian Association Party (FAP)70711.11......
Penitoa BalenagusuiNationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)3675.77......
Total6,364100.006,364100.00
Note that following his election as an Independent, Kaitani joined the VLV caucus in the House of Representatives.

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Simione KaitaniSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)4,51772.31
Jone KauvesiSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)81613.06
Tomasi TokalauvereNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)69411.11
Timoci QionibaraviIndependent2203.52
Total6,247100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Simione KaitaniSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)5,10982.28
Jone KauvesiIndependent92014.82
Filise BaleinakoroNationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)1362.19
Iliesa ToraIndependent440.71
Total6,209100.00

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