1966 ke election (Fiji)
1966 ke election, Fiji khatir pahila election rahaa jisme Fiji ke sab log jiske umar 21 saal se uppar rahaa, ke vote kare ke mauka mila. Ii pahila election rahaa jisme aurat logan vote karin rahaa. Ii indepence se pahile ke aakhri general election rahaa.
Voting System
1965 London constitutional conference ke baad Fiji ke Legislative Council ke barrhae ke 36 member waala kar dewa gais rahaa , jisme se 14 seats Kaiviti (jisme Kaiviti, Rotumans aur Duusra Pacific Islanders bhi lewa gais rahaa), 12 seats Hindustani aur 10 seats General voters (jisme Gora, Kailoma, Chinese, Part-Chinese aur koi jon ki pahile dui category me nai rahaa) khatir reserve karaa gais rahaa.
Ii election khatir dui rakam ke seat rahaa - communal aur cross-voting. Communal constituencies me ek voter khaali aapan jaat ke candidate ke vote kare sakat rahaa. Puura milae ke 25 communal seats rahaa - nau Kaiviti, nau Hindustani aur saat General Electors ke khatir.
Tiin cross-voting constituencies rahaa jisme se tiino jaat ke ek member ke chuna jaawat rahaa. Ii constituency me sab voter logan ek Kaiviti, ek Hindustani aur ek General member ke vote karat rahin. Iske matlab ii rahaa ki elk voter ke leage chaar vote rahaa.
Council ke dui member ke Great Council of Chiefs nominate karat rahin.
Political Party
Ii election me khaas party rahin Alliance Party, jiske jaada kar ke Kaiviti logan ke support rahaa, General Electors ke bhi support rahaa aur kuchh Hindustani jon ki Federation Party ke virodi rahin, aur jaada kar ke Hindustani ke support karaa jaawe waala National Federation Party (NFP).
Election result
South-West Viti Levu Indian Communal Constituency
A. D. Patel (Federation) 7,601 Ayodhya Prasad (Alliance) 4,205 % voted 91.5%
West Viti Levu Indian Communal Constituency
S. M. Koya (Federation) 6,318 Jaswant Singh (Independent) 2,240 % voted 89.9%
North-West Viti Levu Indian Communal Constituency
R. D. Patel (Federation) 4,704 James Shankar Singh (Alliance) 4,411 % voted 94.7%
North-East Viti Levu Indian Communal Constituency
C. A. Shah (Federation) 3,799 Vishnu Deo (Alliance) 1,955 V. P. Vajpai (Independent) 770 % voted 92.6%
Tailevu-Rewa Indian Communal Constituency
K. C. Ramrakha (Federation) 3,220 K. B. Singh (Independent) 677 Ram Lochan Regan (Independent) 604 % voted 80.0%
South-Central Viti Levu Indian Communal Constituency
M. T. Khan (Federation) 4,380 R. I. Kapadia (Independent) 1,650 B. D. Lakshman (Independent) 24 % voted 90.0%
Suva Indian Communal Constituency
Irene J. Narayan (Federation) 5,676 Andrew Deoki (Independent) 2,779 % voted 90.6%
North-East Vanua Levu Indian Communal Constituency
James Madhavan (Federation) 5,049 Gaya Prasad (Independent) 2,494 % voted 87.0%
North Eastern Indian Communal Constituency
Ramjati Singh (Federation) 2,328 Harish Chandra Kohli (Independent) 1,238 % voted 81.0%
Alliance Party 34 me se 22 seat jiitis. Election ke baad tiin independent aur dui Council of Chiefs ke nominees bhi Alliance ke join kar liin aur ii rakam se Alliance ke 27 seat hoe gais. Federation Party khali nau Indian Communal Constituencies ke jiitis.
Election ke baad, Alliance ke leader, Ratu Mara ke Chief Minister banae dewa gais aur A.D. patel ke Leader of the Opposition.
References
- Fiji Royale Gazette, XCIII: 64 (25 November 1966), pp. 455-73