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2006 Elections for the House of Representatives |
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This was the third election held under the 1997 constitution, which established a House of Representatives made up of 71 members. The country is divided into 71 constituencies, each of which elects one member. Of these, 46 are communal seat constituencies in which a voter votes only for candidates from his/her own ethnic community. The other 25 constituencies are open seats, in which the voter votes for candidates from any ethnic community. So a voter has two ballot papers in which to cast two votes - one to choose his or her communal seat representative and one to choose his/her open seat representative. There are 6 urban Fijian communal constituencies of which each have about the same number of voters. Another 14 Fijian constituencies follow the provincial boundaries, while the provinces of Ba, Tailevu and Cakaudrove are divided into 2 constituencies each. Both the 19 Indian and 3 General Voter communal constituencies have been drawn up so that each has roughly an equal number of votes from that particular community. The Rotuman communal constituency covers the whole of Fiji. The 25 open seat constituencies have been drawn up in such a way that each has roughly the same number of voters, and each has a good proportion of people from the different ethnic communities. Elections were held under the Alternative Vote system where voting was done by showing preferences. This meant putting each candidate in order - from the candidate most preferred to win as the 1st choice, to the candidate least preferred to win as the last choice. Voting for both the communal seat constituency and the open seat constituency is conducted in this way. Under the Alternative Vote system a candidate only wins when he or she has got more than half of all the votes in that constituency. In the first round of counting all of the 1st preference (1st choice) votes are counted. If one candidate has more than half of all the 1st preference votes. (i.e. if he or she is the first choice candidate of more than half of the voters) - then he or she is declared the winner straight away. If no candidate gets more than half of the 1st preference votes, the least popular candidate, the one with the fewest 1st preference votes , is eliminated. This candidate’s ballot papers are then looked at again, and his or her votes are transferred to the candidates who are marked as the 2nd preference on each of these ballot papers. All of the votes are then counted again to see if any candidate now have enough to win. If there is still no winner, then the candidate who now has the fewest votes is eliminated, and his or her votes are transferred to whichever candidate is next in the order of each voter’s preferences. This process of eliminating one candidate and transferring their votes is repeated until one candidate has more than half of all the votes and wins.
The election was held for a week between
6 May to 13 May 2006. Other relevant dates are:
List of political Parties for the
2006 elections:
National Alliance Party of
Fiji (NAPV)
Seats held by parties in
dissolved parliament: National Federation Party (NFP) - 1 Independent - 2
After a supreme court decision the NFP lost its lone seat to FLP.
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Fijian Provincial Seats 05 Macuata 06 Nadroga/Navosa 07 Naitasiri 08 Namosi 09 Ra Fijian 10 Rewa 11 Serua 12 Ba East 13 Ba West 14 Tailevu North 15 Tailevu South 16 Cakaudrove East 17 Cakaudrove West
Fijian Urban Seats 18 North East 19 North West 20 South West 21 Suva City 22 Tamavua/Laucala 23 Nasinu
General Seats 24 Suva City 25 North Eastern 26 Western/Central
Indian Seats27 Viti Levu East/Maritime 28 Tavua 29 Ba East 30 Ba West 31 Lautoka Rural 32 Lautoka City 33 Vuda 34 Nadi Urban 35 Nadi Rural 36 Nadroga 37 Viti Levu South/Kadavu 38 Suva City 39 Vanua Levu West 40 Laucala 41 Nasinu 42 Tailevu Rewa 43 Labasa 44 Labasa 45 Macuata East/Cakaudrove
Rotuman seats46 Rotuma
Open Seats47 Tailevu North/Ovalau 48 Tailevu South/Lomaiviti 49 Nausori Naitasiri 50 Nasinu/Rewa 51 Cunningham 52 Laucala 53 Samabula/Tamavua 54 Suva City 55 Lami 56 Lomaivuna/Namosi/Kadavu 57 Ra 58 Tavua 59 Ba 60 Magodro 61 Lautoka City 62 Vuda 63 Nadi 64 Yasawa/Nawaka 65 Nadroga 66 Serua Navosa 67 Bua/Macuata West 68 Labasa 69 Macuata East 70 Cakaudrove West 71 Lau/Tavenui/Rotuma |
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