Serua (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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

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

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