Fiji election 2022

2022 - 12 - 19

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Fiji's general election: All the latest results (RNZ)

The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) has wrapped up its responsibility for the 2022 general election. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem handed over the ...

The Social Democratic Liberal Party: 24172 - 5.14 percent The National Federation Party: 41830 - 8.89 percent The People's Alliance Party: 168581 - 35.82 percent As it stands, the make-up of the new 55-seat Parliament will be FijiFirst with 26 seats, the People's Alliance Party (PAP) with 21 seats, the National Federation Party with 5 seats and the Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) with 3 seats. The results reveal that the FijiFirst Party's vote allocation puts them in the lead, followed by the People's Alliance Party, the National Federation Party, and the Social Democratic Liberal Party. "Today, we deliver you the results of the 2022 general election with pride and dignity and we look forward to the formation of what may result in the governance of this country," said Saneem.

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Fiji's major parties look to kingmaker to form government after ... (ABC News)

With no political party having won an outright majority after Fiji's election, the major parties are competing to form a ruling coalition with the country's ...

So we feel that our policies can be supported by the parties out there," he said. "I know the Solomon Islands have gone out and done the security thing with the Chinese. "There are pros and cons for working with both parties and we [are choosing] very, very carefully. We will go with the traditional partners Australia and New Zealand." We have got 14 days to do it. "Fiji is predominantly a Christian country and it has always been the wish of the Christian community to have a presence in the Holy Land," he said.

No political party secures absolute majority in Fiji's 2022 general ... (Xinhua)

SUVA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- No political party has secured more than 50 percent of the total votes in Fiji's 2022 general elections which were held last ...

The National Federation Party (NFP) led by Biman Prasad is in third place with 41,830 votes which is 8.89 percent of the votes counted. Now, the party needs to find one of the opposition parties to form a coalition government for the next four years. The People's Alliance (PA) led by Sitiveni Rabuka is in second place with 168,581 votes, 35.82 percent of the votes, giving the PA 21 seats. The FijiFirst Party (FFP) led by Voreqe Bainimarama finished with 200,246 votes, 42.55 percent of the votes counted. The party can have three seats. 18 (Xinhua) -- No political party has secured more than 50 percent of the total votes in Fiji's 2022 general elections which were held last Wednesday.

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Fiji kingmaker speaks after election tally (1 News)

Viliame Gavoka's Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) is negotiating with Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst government, which holds 42 per cent of the vote ...

"We have a secular state in Fiji but โ€ฆ "People have given a clear mandate to the opposition parties and they have indicated their desire for a new government," he said. we are very much a Christian people and that will be dominant in the way we do things as a government," he said.

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Minor party becomes kingmaker after Fiji's divided election (Vatican News)

The outcome of Fiji's election rests with a party that won only 5 percent of the vote, with the Catholic Archbishop of Suva calling for a rethink of ...

The party, Sodelpa, pledges to increase resources for Indigenous people. Bainimarama first came to power when he led a coup 17 years ago. In a series of statements, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong said a good government respects peoplesโ€™ dignity and rights, and puts the human person at the centre of the economy.

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Fiji election deadlocked after tally (The Manila Times)

SUVA, Fiji: Final results showed Fiji's general election deadlocked Sunday, with neither incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama nor his political rival ...

The Social Democrats are led by the deeply religious Viliame Gavoka, a former chairman of the Fijian Rugby Union who has fallen out with both Bainimarama and Rabuka. The government will now be formed through what could be a drawn-out negotiation process, with both sides already courting the Social Democratic party, which holds three seats and the balance of power. Bainimarama's Fiji First party and a coalition led by Rabuka were both projected to secure 26 seats in the 55-seat parliament, according to a Fijian Election Office tally posted online.

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