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{{Short description|Former electoral constituency of Fiji}}
{{Politics of Fiji}}

'''Labasa 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 of Fiji|1997 Constitution]], it came into being in 1999 and was used for the [[Elections in Fiji|parliamentary elections]] of [[1999 Fijian general election|1999]], [[2001 Fijian general election|2001]], and [[2006 Fijian general election|2006]]. The electorate covered the largest [[Local government in Fiji|Town]] on the northern island of [[Vanua Levu]].

The [[2013 Constitution of Fiji|2013 Constitution]] promulgated by the [[Republic of Fiji Military Forces|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 [[Electoral system of Fiji|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-runoff voting|instant run-off voting]]'').

=== [[1999 Fijian general election|1999]] ===
{| table width="70%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="margin:5px; border:3px solid;"
|td width="30%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Candidate'''||td width="40%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Political party'''||td width="20%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Votes'''||td width="10%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''%'''
|-
|[[Nareish Kumar]]||[[Fiji Labour Party]] (FLP)||7,043||51.84
|-
|[[Bijen Prasad Ram]]||[[National Federation Party]] (NFP)||4,516||33.24
|-
|[[Chitra Singh (politician)|Chitra Singh]]||(UNLP)||1051||7.74
|-
|[[Sakeo Tuiwainikai]]||[[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei]] (SVT)||975||7.18
|-
|colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''13,585'''||'''100.00'''
|-
|}

=== [[2001 Fijian general election|2001]] ===
{| table width="70%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="margin:5px; border:3px solid;"
|td width="30%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Candidate'''||td width="40%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Political party'''||td width="20%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Votes'''||td width="10%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''%'''
|-
|[[Poseci Bune]]||[[Fiji Labour Party]] (FLP)||6,744||58.93
|-
|[[Narend Naidu]]||[[National Federation Party]] (NFP)||1,777||15.53
|-
|[[Semesa Matanawa]]||[[Conservative Alliance-Matanitu Vanua|Conservative Alliance]] (CAMV)||1,055||9.22
|-
|[[Seru Kaumaitotoya]]||[[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei]] (SDL)||807||7.05
|-
|[[Peter Nand]]||[[New Labour Unity Party]] (NLUP)||753||6.58
|-
|[[Semi Luta]]||[[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei]] (SVT)||274||2.39
|-
|[[Sakiusa Lorima]]||Party of the Truth (POTT)||35||0.31
|-
|colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''11,445'''||'''100.00'''
|-
|}

=== [[2006 Fijian general election|2006]] ===
{| table width="70%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="margin:5px; border:3px solid;"
|td width="30%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Candidate'''||td width="40%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Political party'''||td width="20%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''Votes'''||td width="10%" style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#efefef;"|'''%'''
|-
|[[Poseci Bune]]||[[Fiji Labour Party]] (FLP)||8,066||62.19
|-
|[[Timoci Bulitavu]]||[[Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua]] (SDL)||3,015||23.25
|-
|[[Raman Pratap Singh]]||[[National Federation Party]] (NFP)||1,266||9.76
|-
|[[Gonelevu Nai|Gonelevu Siteri Nai]]||[[National Alliance Party of Fiji|National Alliance Party]] (NAPF)||273||2.10
|-
|[[Sailosi Lutua|Sailosi Semi Lutua]]||[[Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua]] (SDL)||265||2.04
|-
|[[Mohammed Sharif (politician)|Mohammed Sharif]]||[[Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua]] (SDL)||80||0.62
|-
|[[Koresi Matatolu]]||[[National Alliance Party of Fiji|National Alliance Party]] (NAPF)||5||0.04
|-
|colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''12,970'''||'''100.00'''
|-
|}

== Sources ==
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/f/fiji/fiji2001index.shtml Psephos - Adam Carr's electoral archive]
* [http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/fiji_facts.htm Fiji Facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021014930/http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/fiji_facts.htm |date=2006-10-21 }}

{{Electoral divisions of Fiji}}