West Central (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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West Central 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

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	Political party	Votes	%
David Pickering	United General Party (UGP)	2,392	54.07
Kenneth Low	Independent (General Voters Party)	1,123	25.38
Arthur Jennings	Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)	909	20.55
Total		4,424	100.00

2001

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Mick Beddoes	United General Party (UGP)	2,178	55.13
Kelepi Covimaidrano Abariga	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	909	23.01
Rollan Lilo	General Voters Party (GVP)	739	18.70
Andrew Blake	Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT)	125	3.16
Total		3,951	100.00

2006

Candidate	Political party	Votes	%
Mick Beddoes	United Peoples Party (UGP)	2,234	50.47
Pateresio Nunu Polania	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	1,651	37.30
Noel Iupasi Tofinga	National Alliance Party (NAPF)	453	10.23
Vula Tawake Shaw	Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)	54	1.22
Anaseini Tuineau Henry	National Alliance Party (NAPF)	34	0.77
Total		4,426	100.00

Sources

Electoral divisions of Fiji

Open Constituencies	Ba Bua Macuata West Cakaudrove West Cunningham Labasa Lami Lau Taveuni Rotuma Laucala Lautoka Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu Macuata East Magodro Nadi Nadroga Nasinu Rewa Nausori Naitasiri Ra Samabula Tamavua Suva City Serua Navosa Tavua Tailevu North Ovalau Tailevu South Lomaiviti Vuda Yasawa Nawaka

Fijian Communal Constituencies	Ba East Ba West Bua Cakaudrove East Cakaudrove West Kadavu Lau Lomaiviti Macuata Nadroga Navosa Naitasiri Namosi Nasinu Urban North East Urban North West Urban Ra Rewa Serua South West Suva City Tailevu North Tailevu South Tamavua Laucala Urban

Indian Communal Constituencies	Ba East Ba West Labasa Labasa Rural Laucala Lautoka City Lautoka Rural Macuata East Cakaudrove Nadi Rural Nadi Urban Nadroga Nasinu Suva City Tailevu Rewa Tavua Vanua Levu West Viti Levu South Kadavu Viti Levu East Maritime Vuda

Rotuman Communal Constituencies	Rotuma

General electors Communal Constituencies	North Eastern Suva City West Central

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