Municipal elections in Fiji

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Fiji has established municipal governments 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. Each city or town council elects from among its own members a Mayor (or Lord Mayor in the case of Suva) for one year. Consecutive terms are permitted.

The last municipal election was held on 22 October 2005, except in Suva and one ward of Lautoka, where the death of candidates resulted in the postponing of the poll till 12 November.

Electoral politics

Electoral politics in municipal elections has certain characteristics that set it apart from national politics. Political parties often do regard municipal polls as a trial run for national elections; in the 1985 election for the Suva City Council, for example, the newly-formed Fiji Labour Party (FLP) showed that it was on the rise by winning 8 of the 20 seats. It went on to win the parliamentary election in 1987. Local issues also come into play, however:

• At the national level, the National Federation Party (NFP) has been unrepresented in the House of Representatives since the disastrous results of the 1999 and 2001 elections, but has remained strong at the municipal level. As of 2006, the NFP retains power in Ba and Nadi, shares power in a coalition with the United Fiji Party (SDL) in Sigatoka, and is the second largest party in the Suva City Council.
• In 2003, Suva's 5 councillors from the FLP teamed up with the 7 councillors from the United Fiji Party (SDL) - its arch-rival in national politics - to elect the SDL candidate, Ratu Peni Volavola, to the office of Lord Mayor.
• In the city of Lautoka, a purely local political party, the Sugar City Ratepayers Alliance, contested the 2005 election (but failed to win any seats). A number of other parties operating only at the municipal level contested other town councils, some of them successfully, winning control of councils in Labasa, Lami, Levuka, Nausori, Savusavu, and Tavua.

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