Serua (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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Serua 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 was coextensive with Serua Province.
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
[edit]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).
In the 2001 election, Joketani Cokanasiga won with more than 50 percent of the primary vote; therefore, there was no redistribution of preferences.
| Candidate | Political party | Votes (primary) |
% | Votes (final) |
% |
| Lepani Tonitonivanua | Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 768 | 22.96 | 2,098 | 62.72 |
| Misaele Driubalavu | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 1,131 | 33.81 | 1,247 | 37.28 |
| Sakeasi Lomalagi | Fijian Association Party (FAP) | 630 | 18.83 | ... | ... |
| Semi Tabaiwalu | Independent | 399 | 11.93 | ... | ... |
| Josateki Nasova | Christian Democratic Alliance | 364 | 10.88 | ... | ... |
| Atunaisa Lacabuka Rasoki II | (NDP) | 13 | 0.39 | ... | ... |
| Total | 3,345 | 100.00 | 3,345 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Joketani Cokanasiga | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 1,912 | 62.61 |
| Jona Rokowai | Conservative Alliance (CAMV) | 427 | 13.98 |
| Misaele Driubalavu | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 268 | 8.87 |
| Lepani Tonitonivanua | Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 237 | 7.76 |
| Sakeasi Lomalagi | Fijian Association Party (FAP) | 210 | 6.88 |
| Total | 3,054 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
| Pio Kameli Tabaiwalu | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 2,792 | 77.51 |
| Sakeasi Lomalagi | Independent | 431 | 11.97 |
| Ananaiasa Qio Vucago | Independent | 232 | 6.44 |
| Levani Tonitonivanua | Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 147 | 4.08 |
| Total | 3,602 | 100.00 | |