▁service . ▁C andid ates ▁were ▁required , ▁not ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁be ▁registered ▁as ▁a ▁vot er , ▁but ▁to ▁be ▁actually ▁registered . ▁This ▁provision ▁dis qual ified ▁Ay od h ya ▁Pr as ad ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁during ▁the ▁registration ▁period . ▁ ▁V oter ▁registration ▁took ▁place ▁between ▁ 1 ▁July ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁with ▁ 5 2 , 9 3 5 ▁F ij ians , ▁ 3 6 , 1 3 7 ▁Indians ▁and ▁ 4 , 5 2 6 ▁Europe ans ▁register ing . ▁ ▁Camp aign ▁Most ▁candidates ▁cont ested ▁the ▁election ▁as ▁independ ents , ▁although ▁the ▁Cit iz ens ▁Federation ▁( which ▁became ▁the ▁Federation ▁Party ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ) ▁end ors ed ▁A . ▁D . ▁Pat el , ▁S idi q ▁Ko ya ▁and ▁James ▁Mad hav an , ▁while ▁the ▁K isan ▁Sang h ▁end ors ed ▁De o ▁Sh arma , ▁James ▁Sh ank ar ▁Singh ▁and ▁Har si h ▁Ch andra ▁Koh li ▁respectively ▁as ▁their ▁oppon ents . ▁The ▁Western ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁nominated ▁A pis ai ▁T ora ▁and ▁Is ik eli ▁Nad alo , ▁both ▁for ▁the ▁Western ▁F ij ian ▁Const itu ency . ▁I si ke i ▁Nad alo ▁was ▁also ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁F ij ian ▁National ▁Party . ▁ ▁Results ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁significant ▁out comes ▁of ▁the ▁elections ; ▁the ▁secret ▁ball