Emasi Qovu is a former Fiji

Fiji

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an politician, served in the House of Representatives

House of Representatives (Fiji)

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 from 2001 to 2006. A former school teacher, he held the Nasinu Urban

Nasinu Urban (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Nasinu Urban Fijian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians....

 Fijian

Fijian people

Fijian people are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands, and live in an area informally called Melanesia. The Fijian people are believed to have arrived in Fiji from western Melanesia approximately 3,500 years ago, though the exact origins of the Fijian people are unknown...

 Communal Constituency

Communal constituencies (Fiji)

Communal constituencies have been the most durable feature of the Fijian electoral system. In communal constituencies, electors enrolled as ethnic Fijians, Indo-Fijians, Rotuman Islanders, or General Electors vote for a candidate of their own respective ethnic groups, in constituencies that have...

 for the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua

Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua

The Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua is a political party in Fiji...

 Party (SDL) from 2001 to 2006, having won the seat in the parliamentary election

Fiji election of 2001

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 of September 2001, defeating the incumbent, Joji Uluinakauvadra of the Fijian Association Party

Fijian Association Party

The Fijian Association Party is a former political party in Fiji. It played a significant role in Fijian politics throughout the 1990s, but lost all of its seats in the House of Representatives in the parliamentary election of 2001....

 (FAP).

History

This was his second attempt to secure election to Parliament; in the previous election

Fiji election of 1999

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 in 1999, he had unsuccessfully contested the Kadavu

Kadavu (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

Kadavu Fijian Provincial Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians....

 Fijian

Fijian people

Fijian people are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands, and live in an area informally called Melanesia. The Fijian people are believed to have arrived in Fiji from western Melanesia approximately 3,500 years ago, though the exact origins of the Fijian people are unknown...

 Communal Constituency

Communal constituencies (Fiji)

Communal constituencies have been the most durable feature of the Fijian electoral system. In communal constituencies, electors enrolled as ethnic Fijians, Indo-Fijians, Rotuman Islanders, or General Electors vote for a candidate of their own respective ethnic groups, in constituencies that have...

 for the Christian Democratic Alliance

Christian Democratic Alliance (Fiji)

The Christian Democratic Alliance, better known locally by its Fijian name, Veitokani ni Lewenivanua Vakarisito , was a Fijian political party that operated in the late 1990s and early 2000s....

 (VLV). The Fiji Village

Fiji Village

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 news service announced on March 21, 2006, that the SDL had decided not to nominate Qovu for another Parliamentary term. He decided to contest the general election

Fiji election of 2006

The Constitution of Fiji requires general elections for the House of Representatives to be held at least once every five years. The latest election was held on 6-13 May 2006. Acting President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi issued a proclamation on 2 March, effective from 27 March, dissolving Parliament...

on May 6–13 as an independent candidate, but received only 630 votes, some 5 percent of the total.