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Suva City (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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Suva City General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. 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 68 seats, 43 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).

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%
Bill AullIndependent91830.441,58452.52
Robin StorckUnited General Party1,36045.091,43247.48
Norman Lawrence LowFijian Association Party57719.13
Edward JenningsCoalition of Independent Nationals1615.34
Total3,016100.003,016100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,016
Independent win
CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Kenneth ZinckNew Labour Unity Party99335.401,69260.32
Kenneth LowSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua59021.031,11339.68
John SandayGeneral Voters Party42915.29
Wenddell ArchibaldUnited General Party35212.55
Bill AullFijian Association Party31411.19
Norman Lawrence LowSoqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei1274.53
Total2,805100.002,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,742
NLUP gain from independent
CandidatePartyVotes%
Bernadette GanilauUnited Peoples Party1,45852.13
Aca LordSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua70225.10
Kenneth ZinckIndependent51018.23
Daniel Robert JohnsNational Federation Party1274.54
Total2,797100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,730
UPP gain from NLUP

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