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. (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 Lautoka City in the west of the main island of Viti 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 Candidate Political party Votes % Anand Kumar Singh Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 5,422 65.92 Asmat Khan National Federation Party (NFP) 2,387 34.08 Total 8,225 100.00
2001 Candidate Political party Votes %Udit Narayan Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 5,205 71.08Vishwa Nandan National Federation Party (NFP) 2,104 28.73Naren Prasad Germit Heritage Party (GHP) 14 0.19 Total 7,323 100.00
2006 Candidate Political party Votes %Udit Narayan Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 6,832 77.18Naren Prasad National Federation Party (NFP) 1,643 18.56Mohammed Shameem Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) 252 2.85Deo Kumar National Alliance Party (NAPF) 125 1.41 Total 8,852 100.00
Sources Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive Fiji Facts