Fiji ke House of Representatives
House of Representatives Fiji ke Parliament ke lower house hai. Iske lage duusra house, Senate se jaada taagat hai kahe ki khali ii house nawaa legislation ke suruu kare sake hai jab ke Senate khali legislation ke badle nai ti roke sake hai. House of Representatives ke lage paisa waala bill ke uppar jaada tagat hai kahe ki Senate iske badle nai sake hai lekin iske veto kare sake hai. Constitution ke badlao ke chorr ke, jispe Senate ke pass puura taagat hai, House of Representatives koi Senate ke veto ke override kare sake hai wahi bill ke ek aur dafe pass kar ke, uu parliamentary session me jon ke bill Senate veto karis rahaa ke immediaetly baad waal session me, lekin chhe mhina se pahile.
Prime Minister aur Cabinet ke lage, office me rahe khatir, sab time House of Representatives ke support rahe ke chaahi.
History
[badlo | source ke badlo]10 October 1970 ke, jab Fiji, United Kingdom se ajaad bhais tab House of Representatives banawa gais rahaa, lekin ek grandfather clause ke niche purana Legislative Council, 1972 talak, jab ajaad Fiji ke pahila election bhais rahaa, chaalu rahaa. Pahila House of Representatives me 52 member rahin, lekin iske 1992 me barrhae ke 70 kar dewa gais aur 1997 ke constitution me iske aur barrhae ke 71 karaa gais.
Electoral system
[badlo | source ke badlo]Ajaadi ke baad Fiji me tiin different electoral system rahaa. 1972 se 1987 talak, Fiji ke communal aur national constituencies me baata gais rahaa. Communal constituencies me voter log ke aapan jaat ke roll me register hoe ke parrat rahaa jisme (12 Kaiviti, 12 Fiji ke Hindustani, aur 3 General Electors - Goraa, Chaina, aur duusra minorities rahin. Iske alawa 10 Kaiviti, 10 Hindustani aur 5 Genenral constituency rahaa, jiske National Consituency bolaa jawat rahaa, aur jisme kale khali ek jaat ke log kharraa hoe sakat rahin lekin koi bhi vote kare sakat rahaa.
1992 aur 1994 ke election me 70 members ke khali communal constituencies rahaa jisme se 37 Kaiviti, 27 Hindustani aur 5 General electors rahin.
1997 ke constitution ek nawa system ke suruu karis, ek 71-member House of Representatives ke khatir. 25 member Open constituencies me se commonroll ke niche chuna gais. aur 46 kecommunal constituencies se chuna gais jisme se , 23 seats Kaiviti log ke khatir, 19 seat Hindustani log ke khatir, 3 seat General electors log ke katir aur 1 seat Rotumaa log ke khatir reserve karaa gais.
Organization
[badlo | source ke badlo]Election ke baad ke pahila baithak me Speaker aur Deputy Speaker ke chuna jaae hai. Speaker, House ke member nai rahe hai lekin Deputy member ahe hai.
2006 ke election
[badlo | source ke badlo]| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) | 342,352 | 44.59 | 36 | +2 | ||
| Fiji Labour Party (FLP) | 300,797 | 39.18 | 31 | +4 | ||
| National Federation Party (NFP) | 47,615 | 6.20 | 0 | -1 | ||
| National Alliance Party of Fiji (NAPF) | 22,504 | 2.93 | 0 | |||
| United Peoples Party (UPP) | 6,474 | 0.84 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Party of National Unity (PANU) | 6,226 | 0.81 | 0 | |||
| Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) | 3,657 | 0.48 | 0 | |||
| Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT) | 238 | 0.03 | 0 | |||
| National Democratic Party (NDP) | 123 | 0.02 | 0 | |||
| Party of Truth (POTT) | 51 | 0.01 | 0 | |||
| Social Liberal Multicultural Party (SLM) | 49 | 0.01 | 0 | |||
| Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Justice and Freedom Party (JFP) | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 37,571 | 4.89 | 2 | |||
| New Labour Unity Party | Didn't contest | 0 | -2 | |||
| Total | 767,695 | 71 | 71 | |||
| Source: Elections Office of Fiji Archived 2012-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. The former Conservative Alliance, with six seats merged into the SDL. SDL got two seats less then SDL and CA together. | ||||||
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
[badlo | source ke badlo]| Office | Incumbent |
| Speaker | Pita Nacuva [1] |
| Deputy Speaker | Niko Nawaikula [2] |
| [1] The Speaker is not allowed to be a member of the House. [2] The Deputy Speaker is required to be a member of the House. The current Deputy Speaker, Niko Nawaikula, represents the Cakaudrove West Fijian Communal Constituency for the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) Party. | |
Open Electorates
[badlo | source ke badlo]Communal Electorates (Fijian)
[badlo | source ke badlo]Communal Electorates (Indo-Fijian)
[badlo | source ke badlo]Communal Electorate (Rotuman)
[badlo | source ke badlo]| Electorate | Member of Parliament | Political Party |
| Rotuma | Jioji (George) Konrote | Independent |
Communal Electorates (General Electors)
[badlo | source ke badlo]| Electorate | Member of Parliament | Political Party |
| North Eastern | Robin Irwin | Independent |
| Suva City | Bernadette Rounds Ganilau | UPP |
| West Central | Mick Beddoes | United Peoples Party (Fiji) |