Bua (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Bua Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous 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 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered Bua Province, on the northern island of Vanua 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		Party	Votes	%
	Mitieli Bulanauca	VLV	3,027	54.74
	Beato Ratuloco	COIN	1,149	20.78
	Aminiasi Turaga	SVT	1,111	20.09
	Jonasa Vueti	NVTLP	243	4.39
Total			5,530	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,530	–
	VLV win

2001

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Josateki Vula	CAMV	3,205	61.00
	Mitieli Bulanauca	SDL	2,049	39.00
Total			5,254	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,264	–
	CAMV gain from VLV

2006

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mitieli Bulanauca	SDL	4,321	80.65
	Selaima Veisamasama	Independent	684	12.77
	Etonia Bose	Independent	207	3.86
	Josateki Vula	Independent	146	2.72
Total			5,358	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,358	–
	SDL gain from CAMV

Sources

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