Labasa Rural 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 rural hinterland of the Town of Labasa, the largest urban area on the northern island of Vanua Levu.

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%Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,88671.80Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)1,81122.09Niranjan KuarUNLP3414.16Umesh ChandFGWC1601.95Total8,198100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Mohammed Latif SubedarFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,12883.06Sukha SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)93312.65Deo SatyaNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2283.09Umesh ChandAIM490.66Anil SharmaSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)400.54Total7,378100.00

Byelection, 6 December 2003

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,34769.12Charan Jeath SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)1,21119.26Subrail GounderSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)5258.35Dildar ShahJustice and Freedom Party1382.19Mohammed TazilIndependent681.08Total6,289100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Mohammed TahirFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,27983.16Mohammed RafiqNational Federation Party (NFP)93014.65Satya DeoSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)1392.19Total6,348100.00

Sources Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive Fiji Facts