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1 Election results. Toggle Election results subsection. 1.1 1999. 1.2 2001. 1.3 2001. 2 Sources. ... Lautoka City (Open Constituency, Fiji) is a former electoral ...
The Legislative Council consisted of 12 official members (eleven civil servants and a British subject not holding public office), [2] seven elected Europeans and two appointed Fijians. The Governor served as President of the Council. [1]
Local government. Recent local elections. 2002; ... Local elections were held in Fiji on 5 November 1972, ... In Lautoka, the National ...
Lautoka 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 .
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.
The general election of 1992, and a subsequent election in 1995, saw all members of the House of Representatives elected on a strict communal basis. A constitutional revision in 1997–1998 reduced communal representation to 46 seats out of 71. 23 seats were allocated to ethnic Fijians, 19 to Indo-Fijians, 1 to Rotuman Islanders , and 3 to ...
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]
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.