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Sant baba prem singh biography part 8
Prem Singh is a Fijian politician and a member of the Fijian Parliament. He is a member of the National Federation Party (NFP).
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An Indo-Fijian, Singh is a founding member of the Fiji Cane Growers Association. He served three terms on the Nadi town council, and was deputy mayor from 1999 to 2001.
Singh contested the 2001 election for the NFP, winning the Nadi Open constituency and becoming the only member of his party to win a seat in the House of Representatives. He was subsequently appointed Leader of the Opposition, after Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry declined the office. In February 2002 he lost his seat after an election petition. Singh appealed this decision to the Supreme Court which ruled that even though the ruling was incorrect, the Constitution did not allow for the appeal of a Court of Disputed Returns ruling.
Singh was re-elected to Parliament in the 2014 election, winning 1125 votes.