Yasawa Nawaka Open is a former electoral division of

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, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called

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, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the

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, and

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. It comprised the Yasawa Islands and a western portion of the main island of Viti Levu. The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.

Election results

In the following tables, the ''primary vote'' refers to first-preference votes cast. The ''final vote'' refers to the final tally after votes for low-polling candidates have been progressively redistributed to other candidates according to pre-arranged electoral agreements (see ''

electoral fusion Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate. It is distinct from the process of electoral alliances in that the political parties remain separat ...

''), which may be customized by the voters (see ''

instant run-off voting Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a type of ranked preferential voting method. It uses a majority voting rule in single-winner elections where there are more than two candidates. It is commonly referred to as ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the Un ...

Election results

1999

2001

2006

Sources