Vuda East Maritime 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 part of Ba Province, in the western part of the main island of Viti 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%
Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,93673.09
Swani Kumar MaharajNational Federation Party (NFP)2,35224.79
Bissun DattIndependent2012.12
Total9,489100.00

2001

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)6,31079.76
Ramaswamy Ponnu Swamy GoundarNational Federation Party (NFP)1,38317.48
Vinod Chandra Deo MaharajNew Labour Unity Party (NLUP)2182.76
Total7,911100.00

2006

CandidatePolitical partyVotes%
Vyas Deo SharmaFiji Labour Party (FLP)7,13185.12
Rajendra SinghNational Federation Party (NFP)7488.93
Abdul Afizu RahimanSoqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)3303.94
Sanel PrasadNational Alliance Party (NAPF)1551.84
Arbin Prakash NarayanIndependent140.17
Total8,378100.00

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