Southern Indian Constituency (Fiji) 1929 - 1963

Southern Indian Division , Fiji ke Hindustani log ke Legislative Council me aapan member ke vote kare khatir, 1929 me banawa gais tiin constituency me se ek rahaa. Aur dui constituency rahaa, North Western Indian Division aur Eastern Indian Division. Southern Indian Division me Viti Levu ke east ke sab district (Tailevu, Nausoru, Suva, Navua) rahaa. Ii ek communal constituency rahaa jiske matlab ii hae ki khali Hindustani log kharraa hoe aur vote kare sakat rahin. Ii constituency pe Vishnu Deo ke pakarr rahaa aur uu hian pe 8 dafe kharra bahis aur kabhi nai haaris.

Southern Indian Constituency

1929 ke election

Vishnu Deo

Ii Hindustani log khatir pahila election rahaa aur Fiji me khali ek sanstha, Fiji Indian National Congress, rahaa jon ki politically active rahaa, aur jiske leader rahin Vishnu Deo, S. B. Patel aur A. D. Patel. Ii election me dui candidate rahaa. Pahila rahaa, Vishnu Deo, jon ki ek Arya Samaji rahaa aur duusra rahaa John F. Grant jon ki ek Christian rahaa. Hindustani log Grant ke gora log ke chamcha maanat rahin aur us ke bahut kosis kare par bhi uu Deo ke nai harae paais.

Ii constituency me 663 voters register bhaen rahaa, jisme se 508 aapan amdani ke jariye, 37 aapan property ke jaiye aur 118 diino aamdani aur property ke jaiye register bhian rahaa.

Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	419*
John F. Grant	162
Informal	13
Total	594

1932 ke election

K. B. Singh

Ii election ke Hindustani leader log boycott kare mangat rahin, lekin Southern Division me Narbahadur Singh, Hamilton Beattie, jon ki Vriddhi-Vani newspaper ke editor rahaa, ke support se, kharaa hoe gais. Vishnu Deo nai mangat rahaa ki Singh Council me jaae aur kahe ki uu apne election larre se disqualified rahaa, uu K. B. Singh ke kharra kar diis.

Election ke result rahaa:

K. B. Singh	341*
Narbahadur Singh	92
Informal	38
Total	471

Council K. B. Singh, Vishnu Deo ke instructions ke anusaar, common roll ke prastao rakhis, aur jab ii pastao gir gais tab uu resign kar diis.

1933 ke by-election

Ii seat khatir fir se election bhaes aur wahi duuno candidate fir se nominate bhaen.

Election ke result rahaa:

K. B. Singh	382*
Narbahadur Singh	25
Informal	31
Total	438

Ii time K. B. Singh, Vishnu Deo ke baat nai sunnis aur Council me rahe gais. Baad me uu ulta ii prastao rakhis ki election ke jagah nominated system se Legislative Council ke sab member ke chuna jaae.

1937 ke election

Ii election me Vishnu Deo unopposed rahaa.

1940 ke election

Ii election ke Vishnu Deo jiitis Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	783*
K. B. Singh	366
Total	1,149

1944 ke election

Ii election me bhi Vishnu Deo unopposed rahaa.

1947 ke election

Ii election ke Vishnu Deo, Andrew Deoki ke harais, jon ii bol ke khrraa bhaes ki ek wakiil Legislative Council ke khatir achchaa rahii. Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	1056*
A. I. N. Deoki	516
Informal	21
Total	1,593

1950 ke election

Ii election ke Vishnu Deo jiitis Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	1681*
Hari Charan	1,446
Total	3,127

1953 ke election

Ii election ke Vishnu Deo jiitis Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	2,365*
Hari Charan	1,288
Hari Charan Akheel	12
Total	4,665

1956 ke election

Ii election me Vishnu Deo ke Odin Ramrakha se achchaa competition mila.

Election ke result rahaa:

Vishnu Deo	1,900
Odin Ramrakha	1,423
Hari Charan	14
Informal	64
Total	3391

Andrew Deoki

1959 ke election

Ii election me Vishnu Deo retire hoe gais rahaa, aur Andrew Deoki, jon ki pahile nominated member rahaa ii constituency se jiitis Election ke result rahaa:

A. I. N. Deoki	1,877*
K. B. Singh	950
Pathik	89
Odin Ramrakha	82
Informal	76
% turnout	77.8%
Total	3074

1963 ke election

Election ke result rahaa:

C. P. Bidesi	1,174
Andrew Deoki	3,722
Ram Lochan Regan	1,220
Sahu Khan	498
K. B. Singh	2,778
Total	9,615
% voted	80.1%