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	Elections in Fiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fiji 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_parliamentary_elections_in_Fiji (587 words)

	Fiji election of 1987 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The List of parliamentary elections in Fijigeneral election of April 1987 was FijiFiji's fifth since the country had gained its independence from the United Kingdom seventeen years earlier.
		The Fijian AllianceAlliance Party of the longtime List of Prime Ministers of FijiPrime Minister, Kamisese MaraRatu Sir Kamisese Mara, was defeated by a multiracial coalition, consisting of the Fiji Labour Party (contesting the election for the first time) and the National Federation Party (Fiji)National Federation Party.
		In the House of Representatives (Fiji)House of Representatives, the coalition won a total of 28 seats to the Alliance's 24, and Timoci BavadraDr Timoci Bavadra/, the leader of the coalition, became Prime Minister.
	www.infothis.com /find/Fiji_election_of_1987 (465 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet / Recursos Electorales en la Internet
		Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
		The results of parliamentary elections held in Portugal since 1975 (now including results of the early legislative election held on Sunday, February 20, 2005), as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Portuguese legislature are available in Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
		The results of parliamentary elections held in Denmark since 1990 (now including final results of the early parliamentary election held on Tuesday, February 8, 2005), as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Danish legislature are available in Elections to the Danish Folketing.
	electionresources.org (623 words)

	Political status of the states of Earth
		The parliamentary and presidential victories of the EPFA end the two-party domination of the Partido Colorado and the Partido Nacional (Blanco).
		The most recent parliamentary elections could not have led to anything like liberalism by any outcome, as this is essentially a one-party state, and the strongest opposition, the officially-banned إخوان المسلمون ’Ixŭān ’ul-Muslimūn, is even less liberal in its policies.
		Elections were held for a new parliament, which پرويز Perŭejz will ultimately control; he has been granted even more power in exchange for a mere promise to stand down as military chief in a year, which he has abandoned.
	the-stewardship.org /research/status.htm (12524 words)

	Fiji
		Parliamentary elections were held between August 25 and September 1, per the Constitution, and were observed by teams from the U.N., the Commonwealth, and the European Union; they generally were regarded as free and fair.
		Fiji's Law Society met in 2000 and periodically during the year; it issued a number of critical statements regarding the status of the judiciary.
		The parliamentary elections were held with, for the first time, international observer teams provided by the U.N., the European Union, and the Commonwealth of Nations.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8308.htm (8797 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fiji held a general election in 1994, three years earlier than scheduled.
		The election produced little change among the 38 seats in the House of Representatives that were reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman Islanders.
		The Fiji Labour Party lost 6 of its 13 seats, with the National Federation Party winning the remaining 20.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Fiji_election_of_1994 (255 words)

	Focus on Elections and Disability — ACE: Focus On... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These are the absolutes of election rights, and are among the phrases which motivate, even inspire, election workers, who in many nations face daunting challenges as they strive to carry out free and fair elections.
		Election monitoring by disabled citizens can also lead to a change in public attitude about the rights and abilities of people with disabilities, and about their ability to play a positive role in shaping a democratic society.
		To put an end to these shortcomings, election management bodies are encouraged to consult regularly and openly with organizations of people with disabilities, and to seek their input in the design of outreach programs, in the design of ballots, and in the establishment of criteria to select polling stations.
	focus.at.org /disability (3374 words)

	Fiji Coup 030 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fiji’s ballot papers were split into two sections.
		Parties lodged lists of preferences with the Fiji Elections’ Office, and the transfer of ‘above the line’ votes was organised in accordance with these ‘party tickets’.
		Fiji’s new electoral system was the outcome of a deliberate exercise in ‘electoral engineering’ designed to ameliorate ethnic polarisation in Fiji.
	maorinews.com /karere/fiji/fiji030.htm (1788 words)

	WomenWatch - Fiji National Plan
		Although the Government has listed several achievements to protect women's interests and to ensure their participation in development, it is also conscious that more needs to be done and additional resources should be allocated to implement the strategic objectives in the Beijing Platform for Action and the Women's Plan of Action.
		The Fiji Law Reform Commission in 1997commissioned the review of laws relating to the family which includes the law on marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody, affiliation and a revamped institutional mechanism through which family grievances are dealt with by a specialised court to be known as the Family Court.
		The Commonwealth Secretariat in January 1999, approached the Fiji Islands to pilot a project on analysing government expenditure in a gender disaggregated manner and that findings and considerations raised from this exercise be integrated in the formulation of the national budget.
	www.un.org /womenwatch/confer/beijing/national/fiji.html (19059 words)

	Fiji Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fiji's caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase last night refused to talk about reconciliation in a heated debate on live television before the nation, even though this had been one of his major election platforms.
		Fiji’s 832,494 people are racially divided: 51 percent are indigenous Fijian and 44 percent Indian, descendants of laborers brought in by colonial Britain.
		Fiji's police force is heading the security operation for the national elections beginning this Saturday, with hopes high the army will be able to stay in the background.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/fiji/24-8-01.html (6289 words)

	List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Fiji
		As a former British colony, Fiji has largely adopted British political models and follows the Westminster, or Cabinet, system of government, in which the executive branch of government is responsible to the legislature.
		In practice, this usually reduces the Prime Minister's appointment to a formality, as the parliamentary leader of the majority political party or coalition is invariably appointed.
		Following his reinstatement on 16 March 2001 (after two days' absence from office), he founded the United Fiji Party to contest the parliamentary election that was to be held later that year.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Fiji (476 words)

	Fiji Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The general view of the 2001 general elections was one of hope as well as cause for anxiety in the hearts of many.
		After the Fiji Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the Lautoka High Court’s ruling on the validity of the 1997 constitution, the CRC was advised to stop its work.
		Sir John said the consensus among independent observers of the recently concluded elections is that the elections were "generally free and fair." "As is almost always the case in any elections, there was room for improvements in procedures and administration.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/fiji/20-9-01.html (10765 words)

	Laisenia Qarase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Laisenia Qarase (born February 4, 1941) is the List of Prime Ministers of FijiPrime Minister of Fiji.
		Qarase was appointed Prime Minister on July 4 2000, after the Fiji coup of 2000coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry/ was quashed by the military.
		On 6 August 2004, List of Vice-Presidents of FijiVice-President Jope SeniloliRatu Jope Seniloli, and the List of Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives (Fiji)Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fiji)House of Representatives, Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure, were found guilty of treason and were given prison sentences of four and six years, respectively.
	www.infothis.com /find/Laisenia_Qarase (948 words)

	Parliament of Fiji
		Sir, hundreds of young Fijian men were brought into this environment from all of Fiji's 14 provinces in the years before the Second World War; plucked out of their villages and away from their traditional environment, customs and lifestyle and thrown into an austere and alienating industrial environment.
		Of course, as we all know, under customary land tenure, there was and is no such distinction between surface and subterranean land, just as land rights do not halt when the land meets the sea but extend into the qoliqoli, so too, they are not confined to a certain depth of the soil.
		We owe it to those who have given their lives to this industry, who have laboured away in the bowels of the earth to produce gold for export, not to simply reduce this industry to the dollars it generates.
	www.parliament.gov.fj /hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=63&viewtype=full (8281 words)

	Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
		The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996.
		Dutch parliamentary election results (in Dutch) from 1918-1998 (in percentages) plus the results from the latest elections 1998 (seats and percentages, compared with 1994)
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm (1455 words)

	★ New Zealand Information. Information about NZ
		To the south is Antarctica and to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.
		New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
		The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark of the centre-left Labour party, which governs in coalition with the further-left Progressive Coalition party, and with support from the centre-right United Future.
	www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information (2474 words)

	Women in Parliaments: World Classification
		Comparative data on the world and regional averages as well as data concerning the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on separate pages.
		You can use the PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by country.
		2 - Timor-Leste: The purpose of the elections held on 30 August 2001 was to elect the members of the Constituant Assembly of Timor-Leste.
	www.ipu.org /wmn-e/classif.htm (256 words)

	NDCF World Conflict Count - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The criteria for inclusion on the conflict list is the level of political, social, economic and military disruption caused by the relevant conflict.
		Overall, the 68 conflicts listed for 2000 represent one of the highest totals in the history of the report (see chart below).
		Generally speaking, the level of conflict globally is far higher than at the end of the Cold War, when the total was about 35.
	www.ndcf.org /Conflict_List/Conflict_Count_2000.htm (2976 words)

	China Elections News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		she was accused of stealing the presidential election in 2004.
		In the March elections, the people will be on our side.
		There followed elections which were just about the freest the...
	www.einnews.com /china/newsfeed-ChinaElections (1197 words)

	Antgate-Australia, NZ and Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pa Bibliography Database List of references for pa excavations and radiocarbon dates.
		Includes statistics, lists of contacts, economic and political data and analysis of individual Pacific countries and New Zealand.
		Fiji Term Abroad Interactive Web Project Union College, Schenectady N.Y. "The students in Fiji conduct a series of exercises in basic anthropological field work, including extensive field notes, village maps, a census, structured economic interviews, and life history interviews." Includes photos and student essays.
	www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/anthro/antgatenzp.htm (2963 words)

	Bibliography / Book List: Guyana - Culture, History, Economics, Development, Politics, Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Even if your local bookstore or library doesn't have the specific titles listed, pick up what is available.
		If you have a favorite that should be added to the list please let us know.
		Please write if you have questions, comment, criticism, praise or additional information for us, to report bad links, or would like to be added to IBF's mailing list.
	www.ibike.org /bibliography/guyana-books.htm (1495 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - FLP 26.5%, SDL 27.5%, NFP 1.2%, MV 4.2%, NLUP 1.3%, UGP.3%, independents 1.4%; seats by party - FLP 27, SDL 32, MV 6, NFP 1, NLUP 2, UGP 1, independents 2
		note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2003)
		Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Division (2005)
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/fj.html (988 words)

	Katsuey's Legal Gateway
		Lists Pacific Islands legal material held in major New Zealand law libraries, includes primary material (law reports, statutes, gazettes) and some important secondary material
		Resources for American Samoa; Cook Islands; Coral Sea Islands; Easter Island; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Hawaii; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Midway Is.; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Is.; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Is.; Samoa; Solomon Is.; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna
		Statutory functions of the National Assembly for Wales, retained functions of UK Ministers, secondary legislation made by the National Assembly for Wales with a summary
	www.katsuey.com /results.cfm?categoryID=21 (2225 words)

	Fiji encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Fiji politics and officials, Fiji History. Travel to Fiji
		Fiji encyclopedia : Cultural Information, Maps, Fiji politics and officials, Fiji History.
		SUVA, Fiji (AP) -- Hollywood star and director Mel Gibson has purchased a Pacific island hideaway in northern Fiji, but the sale faces a legal challenge from villagers who claim their ancestors were f...
		Sydney, March 1: Villagers in a remote part of Fiji will fight to prevent a tropical island being sold to Hollywood star Mel Gibson, claiming that their
	www.fijiiworld.com (456 words)

	AllRefer.com - World: Political Parties & Leaders of Countries Worldwide
		note: a number of minor parties joined forces in 1999 to form the BAM but did not capture any parliamentary seats; the BAM parties are: the United Action Party [Ephraim Lepetu SETSHWAELO], the Independence Freedom Party or IFP [Motsamai MPHO], and the Botswana Progressive Union [D. Brazil
		Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Aime Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Laurent GBAGBO]; Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francis WODIE]; Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA]; Union for Democracy and Peace or UDPCI [leader NA]; over 20 smaller parties
		Fatherland Union or VU [Oswald KRANZ]; Progressive Citizens' Party or FBP [Ernst WALCH]; The Free List or FL [Dr. Pepo FRICK, Karin JENNY, Rene HASLER]
	reference.allrefer.com /world/facts/political-parties.html (2182 words)

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