title: Nasinu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
text: # Nasinu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
  
  Nasinu 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 the Town of Nasinu, Fiji's second-largest urban centre, north of Suva.
  
  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 | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pratap Chand | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 7,725 | 73.62 |
  | Vijendra Prakash | National Federation Party (NFP) | 2,735 | 26.06 |
  | Clement Claudius Joseph | Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) | 34 | 0.32 |
  | Total | Total | 10,494 | 100.00 |
  
  ### 2001
  
  | Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pratap Chand | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 7,638 | 84.49 |
  | Vijendra Prakash | National Federation Party (NFP) | 1,266 | 14.00 |
  | Muttu Sami Goundar | New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) | 128 | 1.42 |
  | Deeneshwar | Fijian Association Party (FAP) | 8 | 0.09 |
  | Total | Total | 9,040 | 100.00 |
  
  ### 2006
  
  | Candidate | Political party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Krishna Datt | Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 10,940 | 90.89 |
  | Mohammed Khalim | National Federation Party (NFP) | 615 | 5.11 |
  | Imraz Iqbal Ali | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 226 | 1.88 |
  | Liaquat Khan | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 222 | 1.84 |
  | Fatima Bano Shah | National Alliance Party (NAPF) | 28 | 0.23 |
  | Hari Prasad Sharma | Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 5 | 0.04 |
  | Total | Total | 12,036 | 100.00 |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive
  * Fiji Facts
  