1932 Fiji Legislative Council elections

This election was affected by the events following the 1929 elections. In that election the Indian members had put forward a motion asking for common roll. When this motion was rejected, the three Indian members walked out. They did not return for three consecutive sittings and lost their seats. When nominations were called for by-elections to fill these seats, nobody nominated. The seats remained vacant until the next election.

Between the elections, the leader of the Indians, Vishnu Deo, was convicted of an unrelated offence and thus lost the right to contest the 1932 election. In this election the group decided to send two members to the Council with the same agenda as after the 1929 elections. That is one was to move, and the other to second a motion for common roll and when this was defeated, to resign.

In 1933 the motion was moved by K. B. Singh and seconded by Muniswamy Mudaliar. As expected, the motion was defeated. K. B. Singh resigned, but Mudliar refused to resign. A by-election was held to replace K. B. Singh. He nominated again and won. This time he stayed in the Council until the end of the term.

European Elected Members

Southern Division

T. W. Alport Barker	unopposed	*
Henry Milne Scott	unopposed	*

Eastern Division

John Maynard Hedstrom

unopposed

*

Vanua Levu and Taveuni

W. E. Willoughby Tottenham

unopposed

*

Northern Division

Hugh H. Ragg

unopposed

*

Western Division

J. P. Bayly

unopposed

*

Indian Elected Members

Southern Division

Kunwar Bachint Singh	341	*
Narbahadur Singh	92
Informal	38
Total	471

Southern Division by-election 1933

Kunwar Bachint Singh	382	*
Narbahadur Singh	25
Informal	31
Total	438

Eastern Division

no nomination

vacant

Northern and Western Divisions

Muniswamy Mudaliar

unopposed

*

Fijian Nominated Members

Popi Seniloli	nominated	*
Deve Toganivalu	nominated	*
Lala Sukuna	nominated	*

* Elected or nominated members