# Bua Macuata West (Open Constituency, Fiji)

Bua Macuata West 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. It was located in the western part 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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First preferences | First preferences | Final preferences | Final preferences |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Manoa Bale | Labour | 4,244 | 27.62 | 9,290 | 60.45 |
| | Filimone Ralogaivau | SVT | 5,898 | 38.38 | 6,078 | 39.55 |
| | Meli Bulitiliva | VLV | 4,388 | 28.55 | | |
| | Josefa Rusaqoli | NVTLP | 457 | 2.97 | | |
| | Ramesh Chand | UNLP | 363 | 2.36 | | |
| | Rameshwar Prasad | NFP | 18 | 0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,368 | 100.00 | 15,368 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 15,368 | – | | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### 2001

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First preferences | First preferences | Final preferences | Final preferences |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Isireli Tuvuki | SDL | 3,178 | 21.96 | 7,576 | 52.31 |
| | Josefa Dimuri | CAMV | 5,501 | 38.00 | 6,908 | 47.69 |
| | Evia Sailo | Labour | 3,381 | 23.36 | | |
| | Rameshwar Prasad | NFP | 1,346 | 9.30 | | |
| | Prasad Jaman | NLUP | 562 | 3.88 | | |
| | Josefa Rusaqoli | SDL | 331 | 2.29 | | |
| | Manoj Singh | AIM | 176 | 1.22 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,475 | 100.00 | 14,484 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 14,476 | – | | |
| | SDL gain Labour | SDL gain Labour | SDL gain Labour | SDL gain Labour | SDL gain Labour | SDL gain Labour |

### 2006

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Josefa Dimuri | SDL | 8,307 | 54.76 |
| | Lemeki Qalibau | Labour | 4,618 | 30.44 |
| | Josefa Cavu | NAPF | 839 | 5.53 |
| | Josefa Rusaqolii | NFP | 565 | 3.72 |
| | Suliasi Saraqia | Independent | 528 | 3.48 |
| | Isireli Tuvuki | SDL | 235 | 1.55 |
| | Hazrat Ali | NAPF | 48 | 0.32 |
| | Vitori Cavalevu | NAPF | 30 | 0.20 |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,170 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 15,270 | – |
| | SDL gain | SDL gain | SDL gain | SDL gain |

## Sources

* Psephos – Adam Carr's electoral archive
* Fiji Facts