1992 Fijian general election

none December 2022 Fiji parliamentary 1987 Fijian general election 1987 23–30 May 1992 1994 Fijian general election 1994 All 70 seats in the House of Representatives 35 130x130px Sitiveni Rabuka Sitiveni Rabuka 2020.jpg Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei 30 154,656 43.64% Harish Sharma National Federation Party NFP National Federation Party 14 56,951 16.07% Mahendra Chaudhry Mahendra Chaudhry 2015.jpg Fiji Labour Party 13 56,948 16.07% Sakeasi Butadroka 3x4.svg FNUF 3 29,722 8.39% Prime Minister Kamisese Mara Sitiveni Rabuka Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei General elections were held in Fiji between 23 and 30 May 1992.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p653 0-19-924959-8 It was the first election held since two military coups in 1987 had severed Fiji's 113-year-old constitutional links with the British Monarchy, and later Fijian Monarchy, and ushered in a republic. The 1992 elections were the first to be held under the new electoral system, which was deliberately biased in favour of ethnic Fijians. National constituencies, elected by universal suffrage and comprising almost half of the House of Representatives under the 1970 constitution, were abolished, and for the first time, all members of the House of Representatives were elected from communal constituencies on closed electoral rolls, for registered members of a particular ethnic group. 37 seats were allocated to ethnic Fijians and only 27 to Indo-Fijians, despite the near-equality of their numbers in the population; one seat was reserved for a representative of the Rotuman Islanders, with five constituencies reserved for General electors (an omnibus category for various minorities including Europeans, Chinese, and Banaban Islanders). The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei led by Sitiveni Rabuka, who had instigated the 1987 coups, won 30 of the 38 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman; the remaining eight were won by the extremist Fijian Nationalist Party of Sakeasi Butadroka (three seats), the Soqosoqo ni Taukei ni Vanua (two seats) and independents (three). The 27 Indo-Fijian electorates were almost equally divided between the National Federation Party (which won 14 seats) and the Fiji Labour Party (13). All five of the "general electorates" were won by the General Voters Party. Results Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei 154656 30 New National Federation Party 56951 14 – Fiji Labour Party 56948 13 – Fijian Nationalist United Front 29722 3 +3 All Nationals Congress 28189 0 New Soqosoqo ni Taukei ni Vanua 9321 2 +2 General Voters Party 5079 5 New Fijian Indian Liberal Party 1783 0 New Independents 11708 3 +3 +18 236599 3013 316765 Nohlen et al. See also List of members of the Parliament of Fiji (1992–1994) References Category:Elections in Fiji Fiji General Fiji