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Bua Macuata West (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Bua Macuata West 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. It was located in the western part of the northern island of Vanua Levu.

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

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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).

CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Manoa BaleLabour4,24427.629,29060.45
Filimone RalogaivauSVT5,89838.386,07839.55
Meli BulitilivaVLV4,38828.55
Josefa RusaqoliNVTLP4572.97
Ramesh ChandUNLP3632.36
Rameshwar PrasadNFP180.12
Total15,368100.0015,368100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,368
Labour win
CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Isireli TuvukiSDL3,17821.967,57652.31
Josefa DimuriCAMV5,50138.006,90847.69
Evia SailoLabour3,38123.36
Rameshwar PrasadNFP1,3469.30
Prasad JamanNLUP5623.88
Josefa RusaqoliSDL3312.29
Manoj SinghAIM1761.22
Total14,475100.0014,484100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,476
SDL gain Labour
CandidatePartyVotes%
Josefa DimuriSDL8,30754.76
Lemeki QalibauLabour4,61830.44
Josefa CavuNAPF8395.53
Josefa RusaqoliiNFP5653.72
Suliasi SaraqiaIndependent5283.48
Isireli TuvukiSDL2351.55
Hazrat AliNAPF480.32
Vitori CavalevuNAPF300.20
Total15,170100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,270
SDL gain

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