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|bgcolor={{FijiFirst Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[FijiFirst]]||187,698||52.02|| || |
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|bgcolor={{Social Democratic Liberal Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Social Democratic Liberal Party]]||135,671 ||37.60 || || |
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|bgcolor={{Fiji Labour Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Fiji Labour Party]]||2, |
|bgcolor={{Fiji Labour Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Fiji Labour Party]]||2,379 ||0.66 || || |
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|bgcolor={{HOPE (Fijian political party)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[HOPE (Fijian political party)|HOPE]]||2, |
|bgcolor={{HOPE (Fijian political party)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[HOPE (Fijian political party)|HOPE]]||2,188 ||0.61 || || |
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Revision as of 14:38, 14 November 2018
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General elections were held in Fiji on 14 November 2018.[1]
Background
On 30 September Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announced that the elections would be held on 14 November 2018. President Jioji Konrote subsequently dissolved parliament in accordance with section 58(3) of the constitution, on the advice of the Prime Minister.
234 candidates representing six political parties will contest the elections. 56 of the candidates are women.[2]
Election schedule
Key dates relating to the general election will be as follows:
| 30 September (Sunday) | Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announces elections to be held on 14 November 2018. |
| 30 September (Sunday) | President Jioji Konrote dissolves parliament in accordance with section 58(3) of the constitution, on the advice of the Prime Minister. |
| 1 October (Monday) | President Jioji Konrote issues the writ of election |
| 1 October (Monday) | Registration of voters will end at 6 p.m. |
| 2 October (Tuesday) | Candidate nominations open at 8 a.m. |
| 15 October (Monday) | Candidate nominations close at 12 p.m. |
| 24 October (Wednesday) | Postal voting applications close at 5 p.m. |
| 5 November (Monday) | Pre-poll voting begins |
| 10 November (Saturday) | Pre-poll voting ends |
| 12 November (Monday) | Media blackout on campaigning commences at 12.00 a.m. for 48 hours |
| 14 November (Wednesday) | Election Day – polling places open from 7.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| 14 November (Wednesday) | Election Night – provisional results will be progressively released from 6 p.m. |
Electoral system
The 51 members of the Parliament of Fiji are elected from a single nationwide constituency by open list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 5%. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.[3][4]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| bgcolor=Template:FijiFirst Party/meta/color| | FijiFirst | 187,698 | 52.02 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Liberal Party/meta/color| | Social Democratic Liberal Party | 135,671 | 37.60 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:National Federation Party/meta/color| | National Federation Party | 27,287 | 7.56 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Unity Fiji Party/meta/color| | Unity Fiji Party | 5,601 | 1.55 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Fiji Labour Party/meta/color| | Fiji Labour Party | 2,379 | 0.66 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:HOPE (Fijian political party)/meta/color| | HOPE | 2,188 | 0.61 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 350,824 | 100 | 51 | +1 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | – | – | |||
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References
- ^ FEO Launches 2018 General Elections Publication Handbook Fiji Sun, 19 January 2018
- ^ "Six political parties to contest Fijian elections". RNZ. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ Electoral system for national legislature – Fiji IDEA
