Suva City Urban (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Former electoral constituency in Fiji

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Suva City Fijian Urban 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 central part of Suva City.

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

1999


Candidate		Party	First preferences		Final preferences
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Viliame Volavola	FAP	1,408	15.32	5,311	57.78
	Filipe Bole	SVT	3,700	40.26	3,880	42.22
	Lili King	VLV	2,131	23.19
	Susana Tuisawau	FLP	1,170	12.73
	Josaia Waqabaca	NVTLP	782	8.51
Total			9,191	100.00	9,191	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			9,191	–
	FAP win

2001


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mataiasi Ragigia	SDL	4,874	55.75
	Filipe Bole	SVT	1,586	18.14
	Seini Nawalowalo	NLUP	1,108	12.67
	Aca Soqosoqo	CAMV	911	10.42
	Apaitia Seru	NVTLP	126	1.44
	Sereana Lewanirabe	DNT	77	0.88
	Atama Matauloki	Independent	60	0.69
Total			8,742	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			8,742	–
	SDL gain from FAP

2006


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mataiasi Ragigia	SDL	7,205	73.04
	Peni Volavola	SDL	880	8.92
	Apete Naitini	NAP	760	7.70
	Josaia Waqabaca	FLP	675	6.84
	Miriama Cama	NFP	157	1.59
	Akuila Bale	Independent	142	1.44
	Semi Uluivuya	NAVTLP	46	0.47
Total			9,865	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			9,865	–
	SDL hold

Sources

v t e Electoral divisions of Fiji
Open Constituencies	Ba Bua Macuata West Cakaudrove West Cunningham Labasa Lami Lau Taveuni Rotuma Laucala Lautoka Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu Macuata East Magodro Nadi Nadroga Nasinu Rewa Nausori Naitasiri Ra Samabula Tamavua Suva City Serua Navosa Tavua Tailevu North Ovalau Tailevu South Lomaiviti Vuda Yasawa Nawaka
Fijian Communal Constituencies	Ba East Ba West Bua Cakaudrove East Cakaudrove West Kadavu Lau Lomaiviti Macuata Nadroga Navosa Naitasiri Namosi Nasinu Urban North East Urban North West Urban Ra Rewa Serua South West Suva City Tailevu North Tailevu South Tamavua Laucala Urban
Indian Communal Constituencies	Ba East Ba West Labasa Labasa Rural Laucala Lautoka City Lautoka Rural Macuata East Cakaudrove Nadi Rural Nadi Urban Nadroga Nasinu Suva City Tailevu Rewa Tavua Vanua Levu West Viti Levu South Kadavu Viti Levu East Maritime Vuda
Rotuman Communal Constituencies	Rotuma
General electors Communal Constituencies	North Eastern Suva City West Central

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Former electoral divisions of Fiji (1999–2006)