West Central (General Electors Communal Constituency, Fiji)
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).
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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 | % |
| 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 | |