Laucala 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 northern suburbs of Suva, Fiji's capital.

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

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hikmat Singh VermaLabour8,81677.84
Attar SinghNFP2,51022.16
Total11,326100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,326–
Labour win

2001

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kamlesh Kumar AnyaLabour8,77887.28
Vinod LalNFP1,08710.81
Suresh KumarNLUP1921.91
Total10,057100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,057–
Labour hold

2006

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dewan ChandLabour13,13389.18
Sundresan GounderNFP8285.62
Praveen ChandNAP5443.69
Indar ShahSDL2031.38
Roshan ShahJFP180.12
Total14,726100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,726–
Labour hold

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