Ba East (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Ba East Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-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 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the eastern part of Ba 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).

1999


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gaffar Ahmed	Labour	6,209	73.58
	Ram Lajendra	NFP	2,229	26.42
Total			8,438	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			8,431	–
	Labour win

2001


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Satendra Singh	Labour	5,190	71.45
	Parveen Bala	NFP	2,074	28.55
Total			7,264	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			7,264	–
	Labour hold

2006


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jain Kumar	Labour	4,956	72.20
	Parveen Bala	NFP	1,874	27.30
	Nirbhay Chand	SDL	34	0.50
Total			6,864	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			2,074	–
	Labour hold

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

Ba East (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Election results

1999

2001

2006

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