94:
300:
1399:
27:
101:
226:
218:
179:
171:
856:. His fourteen-member cabinet included six Fijians, seven Indo-Fijians and one European. Effective Indo-Fijian control of the government caused widespread resentment among the ethnic Fijian community, and after less than a month in office, the new government was deposed on 14 May in a
630:
872:
The 52 members of the House of
Representatives were elected from two types of constituency, with candidature in each limited to one of three ethnic groups; Fijians, Indo-Fijians and
1311:
1387:
808:
825:
between 4 and 11 April 1987. They marked the first electoral transition of power in Fijian history. Despite receiving just under 50% of the vote, the
887:(10 Fijian, 10 Indo-Fijian and 5 general) in which candidature was limited by ethnicity but all registered voters in a constituency could vote for.
1424:
883:(12 Fijians, 12 Indo-Fijians and 3 general) in which voters voted for someone of their own ethnicity, with the remaining twenty-five elected from
754:
1544:
509:
1665:
666:
653:
649:
635:
1660:
1539:
504:
1342:
488:
1365:
715:
384:
65:
1380:
801:
342:
857:
1599:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1574:
1569:
1564:
1559:
1549:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1509:
1504:
1499:
1494:
1489:
1484:
1479:
1474:
1469:
1464:
1459:
1454:
1449:
1444:
1439:
1434:
1429:
1419:
781:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
534:
529:
524:
514:
499:
51:
41:
1353:
1629:
1624:
1619:
744:
605:
600:
1650:
1267:
1373:
1007:
944:
838:
794:
710:
623:
313:
130:
1287:
965:
700:
584:
481:
476:
372:
93:
1611:
884:
880:
853:
749:
735:
730:
592:
451:
766:
705:
355:
263:
244:
1655:
919:
826:
440:
435:
255:
135:
1297:
986:
320:
725:
671:
1197:
1411:
1257:
456:
415:
409:
348:
1403:
1338:
1227:
940:
834:
469:
338:
273:
126:
873:
695:
690:
290:
1247:
861:
661:
639:
367:
360:
1161:
842:
761:
389:
269:
111:
1644:
1330:
1277:
1187:
1175:
830:
377:
251:
116:
299:
1237:
1207:
720:
1217:
444:
100:
849:
1294:
Minister of State for Rural
Development, Rehabilitation and Relief
1133:
Following the elections
Bavadra formed a fourteen-member cabinet.
852:, all of them elected with predominantly Indo-Fijian support from
1398:
822:
1369:
841:, which won 28 seats to the Alliance's 24. The Labour Party's
848:
Bavadra's 28-member parliamentary caucus included only seven
631:
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
1284:
837:(contesting a general election for the first time) and
1610:
1410:
62:
1312:List of members of the Parliament of Fiji (1987)
1264:Minister for Lands, Energy and Mineral Resources
1204:Minister for Communications, Transport and Works
1194:Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
239:
1333:, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001)
1234:Minister for Foreign Affairs and Civil Aviation
1381:
1335:Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II
802:
8:
876:, generally of European or Chinese descent.
18:
1388:
1374:
1366:
894:
809:
795:
285:
17:
1224:Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
1274:Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism
1135:
1323:
1214:Minister for Education, Youth and Sport
1116:
1103:
1090:
1077:
1064:
1060:
1043:
879:Twenty-seven members were elected from
288:
1244:Minister for Health and Social Welfare
1170:Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs
1104:
1091:
1078:
1065:
899:
7:
1254:Minister for Labour and Immigration
833:was defeated by a coalition of the
76:
1354:Fiji's younger and smaller cabinet
14:
1397:
298:
225:
224:
217:
216:
178:
177:
170:
169:
99:
92:
25:
821:General elections were held in
1008:National Federation Party-Koya
69:26 seats needed for a majority
1:
1666:April 1987 events in Oceania
829:of longtime prime minister,
493:Post-independence elections
19:1987 Fijian general election
1156:Minister for Fijian Affairs
1154:Minister for Public Service
1682:
860:led by Lieutenant-Colonel
1661:1987 elections in Oceania
1158:Minister for Home Affairs
1138:
1117:
1113:
1105:Registered voters/turnout
1100:
1087:
1074:
1061:
1044:
911:
908:
905:
902:
839:National Federation Party
237:
73:
35:
23:
1172:Minister for Information
966:Fijian Nationalist Party
716:House of Representatives
385:Leader of the Opposition
66:House of Representatives
1357:Pacific Islands Monthly
885:national constituencies
881:communal constituencies
854:national constituencies
845:became prime minister.
750:Great Council of Chiefs
650:Diplomatic missions of
1168:Deputy Prime Minister
1184:Minister for Justice
1118:Source: Nohlen
987:Western United Front
64:All 52 seats in the
1079:Invalid/blank votes
896:
745:Legislative Council
684:Former and informal
142:Last election
20:
1092:Total ballots cast
895:
416:Naiqama Lalabalavu
349:Wiliame Katonivere
187:Popular vote
1651:Elections in Fiji
1638:
1637:
1412:General elections
1404:Elections in Fiji
1303:
1302:
1228:Mahendra Chaudhry
1126:
1125:
835:Fiji Labour Party
819:
818:
711:Executive Council
667:Visa requirements
624:Foreign relations
489:Political parties
284:
283:
280:
279:
233:
232:
166:Seat change
58:
57:
1673:
1402:
1401:
1390:
1383:
1376:
1367:
1360:
1359:, June 1987, p20
1351:
1345:
1328:
1298:Temo Sukanaivalu
1182:Attorney General
1139:Bavadra cabinet
1136:
897:
874:General electors
868:Electoral system
811:
804:
797:
701:Governor-General
585:Local government
477:Electoral system
373:Attorney-General
302:
291:Politics of Fiji
286:
240:
228:
227:
220:
219:
181:
180:
173:
172:
103:
96:
75:
74:
37:
36:
30:
29:
28:
21:
1681:
1680:
1676:
1675:
1674:
1672:
1671:
1670:
1641:
1640:
1639:
1634:
1612:Local elections
1606:
1406:
1396:
1394:
1364:
1363:
1352:
1348:
1329:
1325:
1320:
1308:
1268:Mosese Volavola
1248:Satendra Nandan
1183:
1171:
1169:
1157:
1155:
1153:
1131:
893:
870:
862:Sitiveni Rabuka
815:
786:
782:Other countries
773:
772:
771:
685:
677:
676:
658:
646:
640:Sitiveni Rabuka
626:
616:
615:
610:
593:local elections
587:
577:
576:
571:
472:
462:
461:
452:Court of Appeal
431:
423:
422:
405:
397:
396:
361:Sitiveni Rabuka
334:
326:
325:
316:
293:
272:
267:
254:
249:
247:before election
238:
153:Seats won
68:
63:
47:4–11 April 1987
31:
26:
24:
12:
11:
5:
1679:
1677:
1669:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1643:
1642:
1636:
1635:
1633:
1632:
1627:
1622:
1616:
1614:
1608:
1607:
1605:
1604:
1597:
1592:
1587:
1582:
1577:
1572:
1567:
1562:
1557:
1552:
1547:
1542:
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1467:
1462:
1457:
1452:
1447:
1442:
1437:
1432:
1427:
1425:1871 (Jun-Jul)
1422:
1416:
1414:
1408:
1407:
1395:
1393:
1392:
1385:
1378:
1370:
1362:
1361:
1346:
1322:
1321:
1319:
1316:
1315:
1314:
1307:
1304:
1301:
1300:
1295:
1291:
1290:
1285:
1281:
1280:
1275:
1271:
1270:
1265:
1261:
1260:
1255:
1251:
1250:
1245:
1241:
1240:
1235:
1231:
1230:
1225:
1221:
1220:
1215:
1211:
1210:
1205:
1201:
1200:
1195:
1191:
1190:
1185:
1179:
1178:
1173:
1165:
1164:
1162:Timoci Bavadra
1159:
1152:Prime Minister
1149:
1148:
1145:
1141:
1140:
1130:
1127:
1124:
1123:
1115:
1114:
1112:
1109:
1106:
1102:
1101:
1099:
1096:
1093:
1089:
1088:
1086:
1083:
1080:
1076:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1067:
1063:
1062:
1059:
1058:
1055:
1052:
1049:
1046:
1042:
1041:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1029:
1026:
1023:
1022:
1019:
1016:
1013:
1010:
1005:
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1001:
998:
995:
992:
989:
984:
981:
980:
977:
974:
971:
968:
963:
960:
959:
956:
953:
950:
947:
938:
935:
934:
931:
928:
925:
922:
920:Alliance Party
917:
914:
913:
910:
907:
904:
901:
892:
889:
869:
866:
850:ethnic Fijians
843:Timoci Bavadra
827:Alliance Party
817:
816:
814:
813:
806:
799:
791:
788:
787:
785:
784:
778:
775:
774:
770:
769:
767:Vice-President
764:
759:
758:
757:
747:
742:
741:
740:
739:
738:
733:
728:
721:Constituencies
713:
708:
706:Chief Minister
703:
698:
693:
687:
686:
683:
682:
679:
678:
675:
674:
669:
664:
657:
656:
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642:
627:
622:
621:
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614:
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588:
583:
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579:
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572:
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569:
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542:
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532:
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512:
507:
502:
496:
491:
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394:
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390:Inia Seruiratu
382:
381:
380:
370:
365:
364:
363:
356:Prime Minister
353:
352:
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323:
317:
312:
311:
308:
307:
304:
303:
295:
294:
289:
282:
281:
278:
277:
270:Timoci Bavadra
264:Prime Minister
259:
245:Prime Minister
235:
234:
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214:
210:
209:
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201:
197:
196:
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162:
159:
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149:
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143:
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133:
124:
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119:
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112:Timoci Bavadra
109:
105:
104:
97:
90:
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79:
71:
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1343:0-19-924959-8
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1327:
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1305:
1299:
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1288:Chris Herbert
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1278:Navin Maharaj
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1212:
1209:
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1202:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1192:
1189:
1188:Jai Ram Reddy
1186:
1181:
1180:
1177:
1176:Harish Sharma
1174:
1167:
1166:
1163:
1160:
1151:
1150:
1146:
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1142:
1137:
1134:
1128:
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1110:
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1068:
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1020:
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985:
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975:
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890:
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886:
882:
877:
875:
867:
865:
863:
859:
855:
851:
846:
844:
840:
836:
832:
831:Kamisese Mara
828:
824:
812:
807:
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792:
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789:
783:
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541:
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458:
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441:Chief Justice
439:
438:
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436:Supreme Court
434:
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427:
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417:
413:
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411:
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401:
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391:
388:
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386:
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379:
378:Siromi Turaga
376:
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301:
297:
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292:
287:
276:
275:
271:
266:
265:
260:
258:
257:
253:
252:Kamisese Mara
248:
246:
242:
241:
236:
223:
215:
212:
211:
208:
205:
202:
199:
198:
195:
192:
189:
186:
185:
176:
168:
165:
164:
160:
158:
155:
152:
151:
147:
144:
141:
140:
137:
134:
132:
128:
125:
122:
121:
118:
117:Kamisese Mara
115:
113:
110:
107:
106:
102:
98:
95:
91:
88:
87:
84:Second party
83:
80:
77:
72:
67:
61:
54: →
53:
50:
48:
45:
43:
40:←
39:
38:
34:
22:
16:
1656:1987 in Fiji
1600:
1554:
1356:
1349:
1334:
1326:
1238:Krishna Datt
1208:Ahmed Bhamji
1198:Joeli Nacola
1132:
1119:
1028:Independents
878:
871:
847:
820:
565:
519:
314:Constitution
268:
261:
250:
243:
206:
193:
156:
81:First party
46:
15:
1258:Joeli Kalou
1218:Tupeni Baba
1066:Valid votes
858:coup d'état
672:Visa policy
445:Kamal Kumar
404:Legislative
200:Percentage
1645:Categories
1545:1977 (Sep)
1540:1977 (Mar)
1430:1871 (Sep)
1318:References
457:High Court
410:Parliament
1147:Minister
1144:Position
1129:Aftermath
470:Elections
430:Judiciary
414:Speaker:
339:President
333:Executive
148:28 seats
145:22 seats
1306:See also
755:Chairman
736:National
731:Communal
696:Governor
691:Monarchy
662:Passport
636:Minister
510:Sep 1977
505:Mar 1977
262:Elected
256:Alliance
190:461,056
136:Alliance
1337:, p653
1108:353,691
1095:250,968
1069:979,607
1048:979,607
949:461,056
924:484,543
891:Results
654:in Fiji
591:Recent
368:Cabinet
321:History
229:2.33pp
221:5.86pp
203:47.07%
194:484,543
108:Leader
89:
78:
1341:
1082:22,238
1051:100.00
970:14,484
762:Senate
482:Voting
274:Labour
213:Swing
207:49.46%
123:Party
1120:et al
1111:70.96
1072:97.78
1045:Total
1031:6,723
1012:4,462
991:8,339
952:47.07
927:49.46
909:Seats
903:Votes
900:Party
1630:2005
1625:2002
1620:1972
1601:Next
1595:2022
1590:2018
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1085:2.22
1034:0.69
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973:1.48
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343:list
52:1992
42:1982
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