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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.
Toggle Election results subsection. 1.1 1999. 1.2 2001. 1.3 2001. 2 Sources. ... Lautoka City (Open Constituency, Fiji) is a former electoral district in Fiji. It is ...
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 ...
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]
Lautoka City 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 .
The Ratepayers Alliance, a coalition dominated by the NFP, won 8 of the 20 seats on the Suva City Council.The SDL won 7 and the FLP, 5. The Ratepayers Alliance and the SDL initially formed a coalition to reelect Chandu Umaria as Lord Mayor, but the coalition fell apart a year later when the SDL forged an alliance with the FLP to elect Ratu Peni Volavola to the office.
Lautoka City: Ali Ayub Husain: National Federation Party: Lautoka Rural: Jai Ram Reddy: National Federation Party: Lautoka South/Veiseisei/Yasawa: Vinod Maharaj: Fiji Labour Party: Macuata East: Mohammed Latif Subedar: Fiji Labour Party: Macuata West: Rameshwar Prasad: Fiji Labour Party: Magodro/Ba Rural: K. S. Naidu: Fiji Labour Party ...
Local elections were held in Fiji on 5 November 1972, with voters electing members of the councils of Lautoka and Suva. They were the first local elections after the common electoral roll was introduced.