Sanjeet Chand Maharaj
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Sanjeet Chand Maharaj is a Fiji
an politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives
he represents the Viti Levu East Maritime
Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party
(FLP) in the parliamentary elections
of 2001 with more than 66 percent of the vote and the elections of 2006 with more than 78 percent of the votes.
Maharaj's victory came on his second attempt to win election to Parliament. He had previously contested the Ra
Open Constituency
in the 1999 general election
, but had lost to the independent candidate George Shiu Raj
.
Maharaj was formerly a senator nominated by Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry after the 1999 elections.
Maharaj is a farmer and social worker.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives
House of Representatives (Fiji)
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament. It is the more powerful of the two chambers; it alone has the power to initiate legislation...
he represents the Viti Levu East Maritime
Viti Levu East Maritime (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)
Viti Levu East Maritime Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians....
Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party
Fiji Labour Party
The Fiji Labour Party is a political party in Fiji, which holds observer status with the Socialist International. Most of its support at present comes from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. It is...
(FLP) in the parliamentary elections
Fiji election of 2001
The Constitution of Fiji was restored by a High Court decision on 15 November 2000, following the failure of the political upheaval in which the government had been deposed and the constitution suspended in May that year. On 1 March 2001, the Appeal Court upheld the decision. An election to...
of 2001 with more than 66 percent of the vote and the elections of 2006 with more than 78 percent of the votes.
Maharaj's victory came on his second attempt to win election to Parliament. He had previously contested the Ra
Ra (Open Constituency, Fiji)
Ra Open is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies elected by universal suffrage . Like the other open electorates, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006...
Open Constituency
Open constituencies (Fiji)
Open constituencies represent one of several electoral models employed in the past and present in the Fijian electoral system. They derive their name from the fact that they are "open": unlike the communal constituencies, the 25 members of the House of Representatives who represent open...
in the 1999 general election
Fiji election of 1999
General elections were held in Fiji between 8 and 15 May 1999. They were the first election held under the revised Constitution of 1997, which instituted a new electoral system and resulted in Mahendra Chaudhry taking office as Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister.-Electoral system:Previously,...
, but had lost to the independent candidate George Shiu Raj
George Shiu Raj
George Shiu Raj is a Indo-Fijian politician, who served as Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs from 2001 to 30 September 2004, when he resigned amid accusations of misuse of funds. At the time, he was the only Indo-Fijian minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase...
.
Maharaj was formerly a senator nominated by Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry after the 1999 elections.
Maharaj is a farmer and social worker.