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Local elections were held in Fiji on 22 October 2005 to elect the councils of eleven municipalities. In Suva, the elections for the Suva City Council were postponed until 12 November due to the death of two candidates; the death of a candidate in Lautoka also resulted in the poll postponement in one of the four wards.
Ba–Lautoka Rural: Navin Patel: National Federation Party–Flower: Labasa–Bua: Sarvan Singh: National Federation Party–Flower: Singh died in 1979. Mohammed Sadiq won the resulting by-election Lautoka: Jai Ram Reddy: National Federation Party–Flower: Nadi: H. M. Lodhia: National Federation Party–Flower: Nasinu–Vunidawa: Shiu Narayan ...
Local elections in Fiji are held for two cities (Suva and Lautoka) and ten towns (Ba, Labasa, Lami, Levuka, Nadi, Nausori, Nasinu, Savusavu, Sigatoka, and Tavua).Each city or town has a council comprising between 8 and 20 members, elected for three-year terms, although the government announced legislation on 15 February 2006 to extend the term to four years.
General elections were held in Fiji on 14 December 2022 to elect the 55 members of Parliament. [1] [2] The elections took place following the passage of controversial electoral amendments. In addition to a struggling economy, significant campaign issues included the national debt, ethnic tensions and tackling poverty.
According to the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, the Electoral Commission is composed of a chairperson who also qualifies to be a Judge and six other members. They are all appointed by the President of Fiji at the advice of the Constitutional Offices Commission. The Supervisor of Elections serves as the secretary to the Commission. [17]
Fiji Labour Party: 0 0 0 Fiji United Freedom Party: 0 - - HOPE - 0 - National Federation Party: 3 3 5 One Fiji Party: 0 - - People's Alliance - - 21 People's Democratic Party: 0 - - Social Democratic Liberal Party: 15 21 3 Independents: 0 - 0 TOTAL: 50: 51: 55
In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast. The vaginal 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).
Local elections were held in Fiji in October 2002. The results allowed the three major political parties, Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL), the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) and the National Federation Party (NFP) to claim a victory of sorts. The elections, which take place every three years, were for two city councils and ten town councils ...