1994 Fijian general election

none January 2023 Fiji parliamentary 1992 Fijian general election 1992 18–25 February 1994 1999 Fijian general election 1999 All 70 seats in the House of Representatives 35 130x130px Sitiveni Rabuka 2020.jpg Sitiveni Rabuka Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei 30 seats 31 1 145,041 40.91% 2.73pp National Federation Party NFP Jai Ram Reddy National Federation Party 12 seats 20 8 63,097 17.79% 1.72pp Mahendra Chaudhry 2015.jpg Mahendra Chaudhry Fiji Labour Party 13 seats 7 6 51,951 14.65% 1.42pp 3x4.svg Josefata Kamikamica FAP — 5 New 34,976 9.86% New 3x4.svg GVP 5 seats 4 1 4,339 1.22% 0.22pp 3x4.svg None ANC 0 seats 1 1 21,808 6.15% 1.8pp Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei Sitiveni Rabuka Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei General elections were held in Fiji between 18 and 25 February 1994.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p653 0-19-924959-8 This election, the second since Fiji had become a republic following two military coups in 1987, was brought about by splits within the ruling Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) and by the withdrawal of the support of the Fiji Labour Party, which claimed that Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka had reneged on a deal to review Fiji's electoral system, which was heavily weighted in favour of ethnic Fijians, despite their being nearly equal in number to Indo-Fijians. The elections produced little change among the 38 seats in the House of Representatives that were reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman Islanders. The SVT won 33 seats, and the Fijian Association Party of former Finance Minister Josefata Kamikamica won five. The Fijian Nationalist Party of Sakeasi Butadroka, which advocated the forced repatriation of all Fijians of Indian descent, lost the three seats that it had won in the previous election. The five "general electorates," reserved for Fiji's European, Chinese, and other minorities, showed similarly little change, with the General Voters Party winning four seats and the All Nationals Congress, one. There was a very significant change in the composition of the 27 Indo-Fijian seats, however. The Fiji Labour Party lost 6 of its 13 seats, with the National Federation Party winning the remaining 20. The NFP leader, Jai Ram Reddy, enjoyed a personal rapport with Rabuka; although they did not enter into a formal coalition, their negotiations led to a substantial overhaul of the Fijian Constitution which led to the historic election of 1999, which brought Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, to power. Following the 1994 election, Rabuka formed a coalition with the General Voters Party and remained Prime Minister. Results Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei 145091 31 +1 National Federation Party 63097 20 +6 Fiji Labour Party 51951 7 −6 Fijian Association Party 34976 5 New All Nationals Congress 21808 1 +1 Fijian Nationalist Party 14446 0 −3 Soqosoqo ni Taukei ni Vanua 6417 0 −2 General Voters Party 4339 4 −1 Independents 12549 2 −1 237307 2260 0 330092 Nohlen et al., IPU See also List of members of the Parliament of Fiji (1994–1999) References Category:Elections in Fiji Fiji General Fiji