2001 Fijian general election

2001 Fijian general election

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All 71 seats in the House of Representatives
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
CAMV
Leader Laisenia Qarase Mahendra Chaudhry Rakuita Vakalalabure
Party SDL Labour CAMV
Last election 37 seats
Seats won 32 27 6
Seat change New Decrease 10 New

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NFP
Leader Tupeni Baba Attar Singh Mick Beddoes
Party NLUP NFP UGP
Last election 0 seats 2 seats
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change New Increase 1 Decrease 1

Prime Minister of Fiji before election

Mahendra Chaudhry
Labour

Elected Prime Minister of Fiji

Laisenia Qarase
SDL

General elections were held in Fiji in August and September 2001. The Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua party won 18 of the 23 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and one of three "general electorates" set aside for Fiji's European, Chinese, and other minorities. It also won 13 of the 25 "open electorates," so-called because they are open to candidates of any race and are elected by universal suffrage. The remaining five ethnic Fijian seats, and one open electorate, were won by the Conservative Alliance, one of whom was George Speight who had led the putsch against the lawful government the year before. Chaudhry's Labour Party won all 19 Indo-Fijian seats and eight open electorates. The New Labour Unity Party, formed by defectors from the FLP, won one general electorate and one open electorate. The three remaining seats (one general electorate, one open electorate, and the Rotuman Islanders' seat) were won by minor parties and independent candidates.