2018 Fiji Election

Ruling FijiFirst Party secures 27 seats in Parliament, SODELPA 21, NFP 3

FijiFirst has been allocated 27 seats in Parliament after winning the 2018 General Election. Picture: www.parliament.gov.fj   By WANSOLWARA STAFF The Electoral Commission has announced the allocation of 51 seats in Parliament. As anticipated, 27 seats will be taken up by the ruling FijiFirst Party, 21 seats to the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) and three seats to the National Federation Party (NFP). Below are the candidates for Parliament: FijiFirst Party: 1. Voreqe Bainimarama 2. Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum 3. Alipate Nagata 4. Parveen Bala 5. Mahendra Reddy 6. Vijay Nath 7. Premila Kuma 8. Joseph Nand 9. Viam Pillay 10.…

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FijiFirst wins Fiji election after tightly contested race

FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama with supporters during the FijiFirst family fun day in Savusavu before the 2018 General Elections. Picture: FIJIFIRST FACEBOOK PAGE   By WANSOLWARA STAFF It's official. FijiFirst has won the 2018 General Election in Fiji, raking in 227,241 votes from 2173 stations counted and securing a second four-year term in office. FijiFirst dominated the polls ahead of the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) in second place with 181,072 votes. The National Federation Party finished in third place with 33,515 followed by Unity Fiji with 6896, Humanity Opportunity Prosperity Equality with 2811 votes and Fiji Labour Party with…

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Counting complete, final results in Fiji election out soon

Counting of votes for the 2018 General Election has been completed as an official announcement is expected soon. The Results Announcement area at the National Results Centre is slowly filling up with diplomats, officials and party reps. Picture: NANISE VOLAU/SUPPLIED   By WANSOLWARA STAFF The Fijian Elections Office is expected to hand over final results of the 2018 General Election to the Electoral Commission this afternoon. It is understood the Commission would then announce the allocation of seats in Parliament before the Writ of Election is handed to President Jioji Konrote later today. The Results Announcement area at the National Results…

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Saneem hits out at political parties, vote counting on hold

The Supervisor of Election has lashed out at four political parties for making claims of that the tabulation process for the election results was not transparent. Picture: FIJIAN GOVERNMENT FACEBOOK PAGE   By WANSOLWARA STAFF The Supervisor of Election has hit out at four political parties for making claims that the tabulation process for the provisional results of the 2018 General Election was “not transparent”. Without mincing his words at a press briefing tonight, Mohammed Saneem urged leaders of the political parties – Social Democratic Liberal Party, National Federation Party, Unity Fiji and Fiji Labour Party – “not to play…

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FijiFirst leads election polls, 772 stations yet to be counted

Election votes are being counted and finalised at the National Results Centre in Suva. Picture: WANSOLWARA FILE/MEREONI MILI   Data source: FEO App   By WANSOLWARA STAFF FijiFirst has taken a narrow lead in the election polls ahead of the Social Democratic Liberal Party after 1401 of 2173 stations were counted. As of 5am today and with 772 stations yet to be counted, FijiFirst has so far topped the results by party with 131,629 votes compared with SODELPA’s 115,150 votes. The National Federation Party trails in third place with 19,312 votes followed by Unity Fiji with 4239, Humanity Opportunity Prosperity…

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‘Exercise your right to vote’ Saneem urges as 7498 voters expected at 22 poll venues today

The Fijian Elections Office is urging voters to exercise their right to vote today at the 22 polling venues that were adjourned on November 14 as a result of adverse weather. Picture: FIJIAN GOVERNMENT FACEBOOK PAGE   By LAISEANA NASIGA Registered voters who cast their votes on November 14 at the 22 polling venues that were later adjourned as a result of adverse weather will still have to vote today. And according to Supervisor of Election Mohammed Saneem, 7498 people were expected to cast their votes at these 22 polling venues. "If a voter's finger contains indelible ink, they will…

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Blackout period to end at 6pm tomorrow

The campaign blackout poster on the Fijian Elections Office facebook page. Picture: FEO Facebook page   By WANSOLWARA STAFF The campaign blackout period is expected to end at 6pm tomorrow after the final votes are cast by 7498 voters at 22 polling venues that had to close on Election Day as a result of adverse weather. Initially, heavy rain and strong winds made 23 polling venues inaccessible to voters, prompting the Fijian Elections Office and Electoral Commission to announce the adjournment of voting in those affected areas on November 14. The closure of those 23 polling venues meant 7852 voters…

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SODELPA leads official poll tally by party after 527 of 2170 stations counted

Official results continue to trickle in from the National Results Centre in Suva. Picture: ELIKI DRUGUNALEVU Data source: FEO App   By WANSOLWARA STAFF Official poll results for the 2018 General Election are trickling in slowly as the Social Democratic Liberal Party now leads the race by party after 527 of 2170 stations were counted. SODELPA raked in 44,501 votes so far by party as of 6.27am today, followed by FijiFirst with 37,469, National Federation Party with 5897, Unity Fiji with 1494, Humanity Opportunity Prosperity Equality with 552 and Fiji Labour Party trailling with 452 votes so far. Leading the…

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Polling date set for 7498 voters as official tally begins for Fiji election

Voters who missed out on casting their votes after their polling venues were closed on election day will be able to do so tomorrow. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem confirmed yesterday that 7498 voters would cast their votes at 22 polling venues tomorrow. Picture: web.facebook.com/pg/FijianGovernment/photos   By MEREONI MILI A total of 7498 voters will cast their votes tomorrow from 7.30am to 6pm after their polling venues were closed on election day because of adverse weather. During a press conference yesterday, Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem said the Fijian Elections Office was working on providing transportation for the voters. [caption id="attachment_1476" align="alignleft"…

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Bainimarama, FijiFirst Party lead provisional poll count

The provisional results are released from the National Results Centre at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva. Picture: SEMI MALAKI/WANSOLWARA   By WANSOLWARA STAFF Voreqe Bainimarama has taken a strong lead in the polls as of 10.40pm, raking in 55,203 votes from 651 of out 2170 stations counted so far, compared with Sitiveni Rabuka’s 25,659 votes and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s 5849 votes. The provisional results by candidates released via the Fijian Elections Office FEO App, which is compatible with smartphones and can be downloaded from Google Play and Apple Store, also showed 3647 votes…

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