Nasinu 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. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the Town of Nasinu, Fiji's second-largest urban centre, north of Suva.
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 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).
1999 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Pratap ChandFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,72573.62Vijendra PrakashNational Federation Party (NFP)2,73526.06Clement Claudius JosephCoalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)340.32Total10,494100.00
2001 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Pratap ChandFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,63884.49Vijendra PrakashNational Federation Party (NFP)1,26614.00Muttu Sami GoundarNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)1281.42DeeneshwarFijian Association Party (FAP)80.09Total9,040100.00
2006 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Krishna DattFiji Labour Party (FLP)10,94090.89Mohammed KhalimNational Federation Party (NFP)6155.11Imraz Iqbal AliSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)2261.88Liaquat KhanNational Alliance Party (NAPF)2221.84Fatima Bano ShahNational Alliance Party (NAPF)280.23Hari Prasad SharmaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)50.04Total12,036100.00
Sources Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive Fiji Facts