Ba West Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous 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 48 seats, 23 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered the western areas of Ba Province.

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

CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Meli BogilekaPANU4,96249.276,58765.53
Etuate TavaiSVT3,13631.143,46534.47
Vilive RavouvouVLV1,66116.49
Iliesa RatunavuNVTL3133.11
Total10,072100.0010,052100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,052โ€“
PANU win

2001

CandidatePartyFirst preferencesFinal preferences
Votes%Votes%
Tomasi SauqaqaSDL2,76630.215,50460.12
Apisai ToraBKV3,31136.173,65139.88
Meli BogilekaPANU1,35814.83
Pauliasi SaukuruNFP8178.92
Isikeli UluikavoroLabour4785.22
Uluaisi RabuaNVTLP2182.38
Malakai NamotoSVT2072.26
Total9,155100.009,155100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,155โ€“
SDL gain from PANU

2006

CandidatePartyVotes%
Meli SaukuruSDL9,21180.05
Taniela WaiLabour1,15610.05
Meli BogilekaPANU8837.67
Pauliasi NamuaNFP2572.23
Total11,507100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,507โ€“
SDL hold

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