Macuata East Cakaudrove 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 eastern areas of the northern island of Vanua 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%Giyannedra PrasadFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,20359.84Satish Chandra GulabdasNational Federation Party (NFP)2,29732.70David Manohar LalFijian Association Party (FAP)3625.15Dayal PatelUNLP1622.31Total7,024100.00
2001 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Ram SharanFiji Labour Party (FLP)4,71775.50Satish Chandra GulabdasNational Federation Party (NFP)1,27420.39Pratap Pardip ChandraNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2203.52Munesh PrasadSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)370.59Total6,248100.00
2006 CandidatePolitical partyVotes%Vijay ChandFiji Labour Party (FLP)5,29883.29Kamal Kumar RajNational Federation Party (NFP)6329.94James Venkat SamiNational Alliance Party3505.50Chitra SinghSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)811.27Total6,361100.00
Sources Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive Fiji Facts