Ba 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. The population was predominantly Indo-Fijian and the electorate was a stronghold of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) throughout its history.

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

1999

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryLabour10,35860.97
Diwan ShankarNFP5,28531.11
Savenaca NabekaPANU8094.76
Daben SinghVLV4902.88
Saimoni BaleirewaSVT460.27
Total16,988100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,988โ€“
Labour win

2001

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryLabour9,65165.07
Ram LagendraNFP5,18134.93
Total14,832100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,832โ€“
Labour hold

2006

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahendra ChaudhryLabour10,70963.27
Ram LagendraNFP2,98117.61
Faiaaz AliSDL2,73716.17
Savenaca NabekaPANU2831.67
John DunnNAP1390.82
Jale BabaSDL600.35
Ralulu RasilaNAP160.09
Total16,925100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,925โ€“
Labour hold

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