Nadi (Open Constituency, Fiji)
Nadi Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It was located in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu.
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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 (primary) | % | Votes (final) | % |
| Pradhuman Raniga | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 7,559 | 42.91 | 11,773 | 66.84 |
| Manjuwati Verma | National Federation Party (NFP) | 5,653 | 32.09 | 5,841 | 33.16 |
| Apisai Tora | Party of National Unity (PANU) | 3,061 | 17.38 | ... | ... |
| Jopeni Vatunitu | Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) | 1,185 | 6.73 | ... | ... |
| Makelesi Lutuciri | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 156 | 0.89 | ... | ... |
| Total | 17,614 | 100.00 | 17,614 | 100.00 | |
2001
| Candidate | Political party | Votes (primary) | % | Votes (final) | % |
| Prem Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 3,170 | 21.70 | 7,344 | 50.28 |
| Krishna Prasad | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 6,245 | 42.75 | 7,262 | 49.72 |
| Inia Latidreketi Tueli | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 2,149 | 14.71 | ... | ... |
| Miliakere Moce | Protector of Fiji (BKV) | 1,230 | 8.42 | ... | ... |
| Shri Venkanna Chetty | New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) | 814 | 5.57 | ... | ... |
| Arthur Sowani | Party of National Unity (PANU) | 673 | 4.61 | ... | ... |
| Auvind Deo Singh | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 325 | 2.22 | ... | ... |
| Total | 14,607 | 100.00 | 14,607 | 100.00 | |
| Note: On 8 February 2002 the High Court ruled that more than a thousand votes, most of them for Prasad, had been wrongly invalidated, and awarded the seat to Prasad. | |||||
2006
| Candidate | Political party | Votes (primary) | % | Votes (final) | % |
| Amjad Ali | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 8,630 | 46.43 | 9,688 | 52.13 |
| Shyam Sundaram | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 5,432 | 29.23 | 6,222 | 33.48 |
| Prem Singh | National Federation Party (NFP) | 2,645 | 14.23 | 2,676 | 14.40 |
| Kamenieli Nawaqavonovono | Party of National Unity (PANU) | 476 | 6.44 | 2.56 | ... |
| Ratu Jeremaia Lewaravu | Independent | 392 | 2.11 | ... | ... |
| Josephine Raikuna Williams | United Peoples Party (UPP) | 389 | 2.09 | ... | ... |
| Arvind Deo Singh | Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 237 | 1.23 | ... | ... |
| Josefa Samudunatua Vatunitu | Independent | 168 | 0.90 | ... | ... |
| Pravin Jamieson | Independent | 96 | 0.52 | ... | ... |
| Ratu Vero Naovuka Qoro | Independent | 65 | 0.35 | ... | ... |
| Rajendra Kumar | Independent | 56 | 0.30 | ... | ... |
| Total | 18,586 | 100.00 | 18,586 | 100.00 | |