Nasinu Rewa (Open Constituency, Fiji)

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Nasinu Rewa Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, are allocated by ethnicity). Like the other open electorates, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001 and 2006. It is located to the north of Suva.

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 (primary)	%	Votes (final)	%
John Ali	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	6,185	43.07	8,277	50.68
Harnam Singh Golian	National Federation Party (NFP)	3,920	27.30	3,970	27.65
Apenai Turaganikeli	Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)	1,785	12.43	1,825	12.71
Peniasi Silatolu	Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV)	1,178	8.20	1,287	8.96
Tiko Liesa Via	Fijian Association Party (FAP)	1,161	8.09	...	...
Atunaisa Druavesi	Fijian Political Party (SVT)	131	0.91	...	...
Total		14,359	100.00	14,359	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes (primary)	%	Votes (final)	%
Peniasi Silatolu	United Fiji Party (SDL)	3,398	26.11	6,652	51.11
John Ali	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	5,900	45.34	6,362	48.89
Navitalai Ratukalou	Conservative Alliance (CAMV)	1,750	13.45	...	...
Mohammed Sadiq Hussain	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,132	8.70	...	...
Jeremaia Koroijiuta	New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)	484	3.72	...	...
Sheela Bajpai	Fijian Political Party (SVT)	313	2.41	...	...
Anil Kumar Sharma	Fijian Association Party (FAP)	37	0.28	...	...
Total		13,014	100.00	13,014	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes (primary)	%	Votes (final)	%
Azim Hussein	Fiji Labour Party (FLP)	8,611	48.87	9,436	53.56
John Ali	United Fiji Party (SDL)	5,188	29.45	8,179	46.44
Pita Tagicakiverata	United Fiji Party (SDL)	1,664	9.44	...	...
Mohammed Sadiq Hussain	National Federation Party (NFP)	1,132	6.42	...	...
Seru Serevi	Independent	845	4.80	...	...
Indar Deo	National Alliance Party (NAPF)	748	4.25	...	...
Priscilla Singh	National Federation Party (NFP)	563	3.20	...	...
Total		17,619	100.00	17,619	100.00

Sources

• Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
• Fiji Facts