Vuda East Maritime Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-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 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered part of Ba Province, in the western part of the main island of Viti 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 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,93673.09Swani Kumar MaharajNational Federation Party (NFP)2,35224.79Bissun DattIndependent2012.12Total9,489100.00
2001 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,31079.76Ramaswamy Ponnu Swamy GoundarNational Federation Party (NFP)1,38317.48Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2182.76Total7,911100.00
2006 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,13185.12Rajendra SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)7488.93Abdul Afizu RahimanSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)3303.94Sanel PrasadNational Alliance Party (NAPF)1551.84Arbin Prakash NarayanIndependent140.17Total8,378100.00
Sources Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive Fiji Facts