FemLink drops Bhagwan-Rolls
By NETANI RIKA THE Board of femLINKpacific has announced the resignation of Executive Producer-Director, Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls. In 2000 Bhagwan-Rolls helped co-found femLINK and has been an integral part of it since its
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Caucus will elect Opposition leader-Ro Teimumu
By Dionisia Tabureguci Former leader of the SODELPA Ro Teimumu Kepa is still Leader of Opposition until the new Prime Minister is sworn in. Kepa, who polled 6,036 votes in the 2018 general elections, secures a
New faces in Fiji cabinet
By Netani Rika NINE FijiFirst Members of parliament are expected to return to Cabinet. It is likely that Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will be responsible for Foreign Affairs and Finance. Attorney-General Aiyaz
NFP respects results
By Netani Rika SCRUTINY of the 2018 General Election will continue until a decision is made on whether to challenge the results. National Federation Party leader, Dr Biman Prasad, said the results would, however, be
SODELPA concedes defeat
By Dionisia Tabureguci The Social Democratic Liberal Party has accepted defeat, said its general secretary Adi Litia Qionibaravi, but “our unanswered questions need to be answered.” In a collective effort with
Rotuma split between NFP, FFP
By Lice Movono ROTUMA is split down the middle in their choice of government but unlike most other provinces, its between the National Federation Party and the Fiji First Party. NFP candidate Pasepa Rosarine Lagi who is
SODELPA, Fiji First tussle for lead
By Netani Rika ELECTION officials have released results for 573 of the 2170 polling stations. SODELPA polled 48,120 (49.23 per cent) while Fiji First took 40,549 (41.48pc), the National Federation Party 6352 (6.5pc),
Quarter results in
By Lice Movono Results from 41 more polling stations have come in this hour giving at least a quarter of the entire picture of these elections. SODELPA remains in the lead with 47792 votes, Fiji First at 39939, NFP
Little movement from updated results
By Netani Rika THERE has been little movement from the last update and SODELPA has polled 47,792 votes (49.43 per cent) with Fiji First taking 39,939 (41.31pc), the National Federation Party 6281 (6.5pc). Unity Fiji
Results ready for 527 stations
By Netani Rika OFFICIALS have released voting figures for 527 of the 2170 polling stations. At 6.30am today (Friday) SODELPA had polled 44,501 (49.25 per cent) of votes cast, Fiji First had 37,469 (41.46pc), the
New results updated
By Lice Movono AFTER a lapse of at least 6 hours, new poll results have been updated on the Fiji Elections Office App. The results show SODELPA in the lead with 44501 votes, Fiji First 37649, NFP 5897, Unity Fiji 1494,
Slow update of results
By Lice Movono QUIET calm is the order of the morning at the National Count and Result centre at Laucala. Since before midnight last night, there has not been any new results updated on the Fiji Elections App. In the
Arrangements for last voters
By Lice Movono SPECIAL arrangements will be made to ensure voters at 22 venues which were closed because of the weather will be able to vote tomorrow (Saturday 17 November). Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem said
Vunidogoloa rejects PM
By Netani Rika A VILLAGE forced to relocate due to rising sea levels has delivered a resounding rejection of Fiji’s Climate Change Minister, Rear-Admiral Frank Bainimarama. Of the 68 votes polled at Vunidogoloa in
Indigenous swing to SODELPA in 2018 national elections: academic
3By Dionisia Tabureguci Australia National University academic Dr Stewart Firth said there was a noticeable swing of Fijian indigenous (i-taukei) voters from the Fiji First Party (FFP) to the Social Democratic
Fiji’s official election results now live
By Dionisia Tabureguci The Fiji Elections Office (FEO) has begun releasing official results for the 2018 National General Elections via the FEO app. This is after provisional counting results that
SODELPA seeks relief for agents
By Netani Rika THE Opposition SODELPA Party has sought reinforcements for 60 polling agents who have been at work for over 24 hours. In an email and Facebook alert early today, SODELPA said a further 60
Polling venues released
By Lice Movono UNLIKE the last elections when provisional results were periodically released complete with data from each polling venue; this year identifying where votes originated from has been difficult through the
Tabuya leads women
By Lice Movono NEWCOMER Lynda Tabuya of SODELPA has steadily polled stronger than any other woman candidate on both sides of the political divide. A lawyer and law lecturer, the former beauty queen ran a strong campaign
Lucky Nagata
By LICE MOVONO ALIPATE Nagata may just be the luckiest candidate of the 2018 General Elections after he received candidate number 668, very similar to that of his party leader Frank Bainimarama. The newcomer continues
Fiji First leads count at halfway mark
By Lice Movono AS the count process approaches the half way line, Fiji First has polled more than half of all votes tallied so far. Out of the 559,038 registered to vote on Election Day, Supervisor of Elections Mohammed
Poor turnout in Fiji poll
By Lice Movono VERY poor turnout at polling stations across the country has changed the momentum of the Fijian general elections with polling hours and the campaign blackout period now extended. Earlier this afternoon,
Poll closure in Rakiraki
By Anish Chand Polling has been stopped at three stations in Ra due to flooding. The Korotale Mandir, Rewasa Community and the Mataso Primary School polling stations are closed for now A notice from the Supervisor of