North Eastern (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

North Eastern General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. 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 68 seats, 43 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).

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

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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 Fijian general election: North Eastern GECC
Party Candidate Votes %
UPP Vincent Lobendahn 1,660 46.46
Independent Leo Smith 1,326 37.11
FAP Edward Reece 480 13.43
COIN Anthony Long 87 2.43
Independent Ian Simpson 20 0.56
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Leo Smith 1,879 52.59
UPP Vincent Lobendahn 1,694 47.41
Independent win
2001 Fijian general election: North Eastern GECC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDL David Christopher 969 29.46 +29.46
Independent Leo Smith 736 22.38 –14.73
UPP Matilda Gibson 730 22.20 –22.46
Independent Robin Irwin 520 15.81 +15.81
CAMV Harry Robinson 325 9.88 +9.88
SDL Yorckho Jo 90 2.74 +2.74
Two-candidate-preferred result
SDL David Christopher 1,987 60.41 +60.41
Independent Leo Smith 1,302 39.59 –20.0
SDL gain from Independent Swing +60.41
2006 Fijian general election: North Eastern GECC
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDL David Christopher 1,467 40.16 +10.70
Independent Robin Irwin 629 17.22 +1.41
UPP Harry Robinson 528 14.45 –7.75
Labour Rebo Terubea 383 10.48 +10.48
Independent Nawaia Touakin 357 9.77 +9.77
NAP Rocky Billings 289 7.91 +7.91
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robin Irwin 2,014 55.13 +55.13
SDL David Christopher 1,639 44.87 –15.54
Independent gain from SDL Swing +55.13

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