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Laucala (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
Laucala Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indians in Fiji, Indo-Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the Elections in Fiji, parliamentary elections of 1999 Fijian general election, 1999, 2001 Fijian general election, 2001, and 2006 Fijian general election, 2006. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open constituencies, Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage). The electorate covered northern suburbs of Suva, Fiji's Capital (political), capital. The 2013 Constitution of Fiji, 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, 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 ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a Single-member district, single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who Residency (domicile), reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first past the post, first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner Proportional representation, proportional representative system, or another voting system, voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Fusion
Electoral fusion in the United States is an arrangement where two or more United States political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, allowing that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election. Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination and ballot freedom. Electoral fusion was once widespread in the U.S. and legal in every state. However, as of 2024, it remains legal and common only in New York and Connecticut. Overview In 2016, ''Business Insider'' wrote: "Fusion voting gives voters a chance to support a major candidate while registering their unhappiness with that candidate's party. A cross-endorsement from a smaller party like the Working Families Party can also help inform voters about where candidates stand on certain issues". In 2019, ''The Nation'' wrote: "Fusion is a response to the winner-take-all electoral system. It solves the ' wasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Alliance Party Of Fiji
The National Alliance Party of Fiji (NAPF) was a Fijian political party. It was formally registered on 18 January 2005 by Ratu Epeli Ganilau, as the claimed successor to the defunct Alliance Party, which ruled Fiji from 1967 to 1987 under the leadership of the late ''Ratu'' Sir Kamisese Mara, Ganilau's father-in-law. Others involved with the party included university lecturer Meli Waqa as party secretary, and Manu Korovulavula as treasurer. The Deputy Leader was Hirdesh Sharma. The party was launched publicly at a mass rally in Suva on 8 April 2005. The party announced its intention to wind up in February 2013. Background Previous attempts to forge a multi-racial political movement, including the electoral pact between the ethnic Fijian Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (better known in Fiji by its Fijian name, ''Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei'') and the predominantly Indo-Fijian National Federation Party, which contested the 1999 election unsuccessfully, had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praveen Chand
The meaning of ''"Praveen"'' in the Sanskrit language is "skilled" or "talented" or "Honest" .It is most often a male name and a given name, and less commonly a surname. A prevalent modern name, it has been adapted into many other languages. In various languages of South Asia, "praveen" is a word which refers to specialty. For example, in the Telugu language, saṅgeetam-lō pravīṇuḍu (సంగీతంలో ప్రవీణుడు) refers to a person who is skilled in music. The name ''"Praveen"'' was first used by royal heirs of the Ancient South-Indian Kingdoms who were born during the "Rudhrodhgaari" (57th year) of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil Calendar derived from ancient astronomical data, known as the "Tirukkanda Panchanga". (cf. The Secret Doctrine, 2:49-51) Notable people * Praveen Chaudhari, Indian American physicist, former director of Brookhaven National Laboratory * Praveen Thipsay, Indian chess grandmaster * Praveen Swami, Indian security analyst, journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewan Chand
Dewan Chand is a Indo-Fijian educationist, politician and convicted sex abuser. Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics. He was elected to Parliament as a Fiji Labour Party candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election, winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency. He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association The Fiji Football Association is the governing body of football in Fiji. It came into existence in 1961. It is the overseeing body of the Fiji National Team and its leagues. History Football started to be played in Fiji ever since the arrival o .... In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment. The conviction was upheld on appeal. He was subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Labour Unity Party
The New Labour Unity Party was a Fijian political party, which broke away from the Fiji Labour Party in May 2001. It was founded by Tupeni Baba, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Party stalwart, who had become dissatisfied with Mahendra Chaudhry's leadership and expressed fears that if Chaudhry, who had been deposed in the Fiji coup of 2000, returned as Prime Minister, there could be another coup. Other prominent Fijians associated with the party included ''Ratu'' Meli Vesikula. In the parliamentary election of 2001, the New Labour Unity Party called for the strengthening of the independence of the judiciary, which had been undermined by government defiance. It also advocated a reduction in Value Added Tax, and for its complete removal on essential items. A NLUP government would work to build a non-racialist Fiji in the ethic of "love thy brother," and would ban all forms of unfair discrimination. It also called for a parliamentary code of conduct to end corruption. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Kumar (Fijian Politician) , Indian film producer
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Suresh Kumar may refer to: * Suresh Kumar (government official), U.S. government official * Suresh Kumar (mountaineer), Indian mountaineer * S. Suresh Kumar (born 1955), Indian politician in Karnataka * Suresh Kumar (Himachal politician) * Suresh Rana or Suresh Kumar, Indian politician in Uttar Pradesh * Selvam Suresh Kumar, Indian cricketer * G. Suresh Kumar G. Suresh Kumar is an Indian film producer and actor known for Poochakkoru Mookuthi and Araam Thamburan. He produces films under the banner Revathy Kalamandhir an Indian film production company based in Thiruvananthapuram which is founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinod Lal
Vinod ( , , ) is a male given name used in India and Sri Lanka, meaning "delight", "enjoyment", or "pleasure". People *Vinod Agarwal, Indian-American businessman and scientist *Vinod Aggarwal, American economist and political scientist *Vinod Kumar Alva, Indian actor * Vinod Bala Arun, Indian academic *Vinod Kumar Bansal, Indian businessman * Vinod Kumar Baranwal, Indian judge * Vinod Bharathan, film director from Copenhagen *A. Vinod Bharathi, Indian cinematographer * Vinod Bhatia, Indian Air Force officer * Vinod Bhatt, Gujarati-language author *Vinod Bhayana, Indian politician *Vinod Kumar Binny, Indian politician * Vinod Kumar Boianapalli, Indian politician * Vinod Chaubey, Indian Police Service officer *Vinod Chohan, Tanzanian engineer at CERN *Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium chip *Vinod Dua, Indian television presenter and journalist *Vinod Kumar Duggal, Indian civil servant *Vinod Goenka, Indian businessman *Vinod Gupta, former CEO of infoGROUP * Vinod Johri, Indian ast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamlesh Kumar Anya , professor of chemical engineering and inventor
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Kamlesh or Kamalesh is a given name which may refer to: *Kamlesh vYAS, British physician *Kamlesh Kumari (died 2001), police constable who thwarted a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India; posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra Award, India's highest peacetime award *Kamlesh Oza, Indian television actor *Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford (born 1960), British politician and life peer *Kamlesh Pattni, Kenyan businessman *Kamlesh Reddy, Fijian politician *Kamalesh Sharma (born 1941), Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations *Kamalesh Sirkar Kamalesh K. Sirkar is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is also the Foundation Professor of'Membrane Separations and Director of the NJIT Center for Membr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Federation Party
The National Federation Party ( Fiji Hindi: नेशनल फेडरेशन पार्टी; Fijian: ''Mataisoqosoqo ni National Federation'') is a Fijian political party founded by A. D. Patel in November 1968, as a merger of the Federation Party and the National Democratic Party. Though it claims to represent all Fiji Islanders, it is supported, in practice, almost exclusively by Indo-Fijians whose ancestors had come to Fiji between 1879 and 1916, mostly as indentured labourers. However, in the 2018 general election, the party recorded a considerable change in its support base due to the inclusion of more indigenous Fijian candidates. History The formation of the Federation Party and the 1965 conference The formation of the Federation Party was a direct consequence of the dispute between cane farmers and the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) in 1960 regarding the new cane contract. Farmers contested the 1963 Legislative Council election under the ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attar Singh
Attar Singh (born ) is an Indo-Fijian trade unionist. From 2002 to 2018 he was General Secretary of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions (FICTU), one of two major umbrella bodies for trade unions in Fiji. Singh was educated at Labasa Sangam College. He became head of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions in 2002. Unlike many unionists in the rival Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC), Singh has been a harsh critic of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, which seized power on 5 December 2006. He has attacked Commodore Frank Bainimarama, the coup leader who has since been sworn in as interim Prime Minister of Fiji. On 14 January 2007, Singh was quoted by Fiji Television as insisting that Military personnel and politicians should not participate in the Interim Government (Mahendra Chaudhry, whose Fiji Labour Party has links to the rival union group, was Minister of Finance in the Interim Government during 2007), and that the sole purpose of the interim government should be to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
