Sanjeet Chand Maharaj

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name= Sanjeet Chand Maharaj


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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Viti Levu East Maritime (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
term_start= 2001
term_end= 2006
predecessor= Krishna Chand Sharma
successor= vacant
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party= Fiji Labour Party
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profession= Farmer
religion= Hindu
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Sanjeet Chand Maharaj is a Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represents the Viti Levu East Maritime Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 2001 with more than 66 percent of the vote and the elections of 2006 with more than 78 percent of the votes. [ [http://www.elections.gov.fj/results2006/constituencies/27.html ELECTION RESULTS BY THE COUNT] ]

Maharaj's victory came on his second attempt to win election to Parliament. He had previously contested the Ra Open Constituency in the 1999 general election, but had lost to the independent candidate George Shiu Raj. [ [http://www.elections.gov.fj/results1999/constituencies/57.html Elections 1999 Results By The Count] ]

Maharaj is a farmer and social worker. [ [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Hrhy20YvwaUJ:www.flp.org.fj/n060328.htm+%22Vijay+Chand%22+%2B+Fiji&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15 FLP names first lot of candidates] ]

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