has held nine general elections for the House Of Representatives since becoming independent of the United Kingdom in 1970 ; there had been numerous elections under Colonial rule, but only one with Universal Suffrage (in 1966 ). In this period, Fiji has had three Constitutions , and the voting system has changed accordingly. Note that there are no general elections for the Senate : The 32 Senators are nominated, not elected.
- From 1972 through 1987 , the House Of Representatives had 52 members. Of these, 22 were allocated to Indigenous Fijians and another 22 to Indo-Fijian s; a further 8 were allocated to General Electors (Europeans, Chinese, and other minorities). Of the 22 seats allocated each to indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, 12 were elected from '' Communal Constituencies '' and 10 from '' National Constituencies ''. Of the 8 seats allocated to General Electors, 3 were elected from a communal roll and 5 from national constituencies. All members represented single-member constituencies, and were elected by the First Past The Post system. In the same period, the newly-established Senate had 22 members (8 nominated by the Great Council Of Chiefs (of whom any three held the power of veto over changes to the country's land laws), 7 by the Prime Minister , 6 by the Leader Of The Opposition , and 1 by the Council Of Rotuma ).
- In 1992 and 1994 , the House of Representatives had 70 members. 37 seats were allocated to indigenous Fijians, 27 to Indo-Fijians, 1 to Rotuman Islanders, and 5 to General Electors. All were elected from communal rolls; that is, all members were elected only by voters registered as belonging to their own ethnic group. The ''First past the post'' system remained in effect. The Senate in this time had 34 members (24 nominated by the Great Council Of Chiefs and 1 by the Council Of Rotuma ; a further 9 were appointed by the President to represent non-indigenous Fijians).
See Also: Fiji election of 2001
''Note:'' The following statistics show the number of seats in the House Of Representatives won by particular political parties in general elections since 1966 . The ''Year'' at the top of each column links to a ''main article'' about the election held that year.
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