At stake in this election:

• 71 seats in the House of Representatives

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Ratu Josefa ILOILOVATU Uluivuda
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE
• Assembly: Fiji has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 34 seats and the House of Representatives with 71 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by the Great Council of Chiefs to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Senate, 24 members are appointed by the president on the advice of the Great Council of Chiefs, 9 members are appointed by the president and 1 members are appointed by the council of Rotuma. In the House of Representatives 71 members are elected by a majority system with preferential vote to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Fiji United Party (SDL)
  • Leader: Lasenia QARASE
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 31
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 1
• Party: Fiji Labor Party (FLP)
  • Leader: Mahendra CHAUDHRY
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 27
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 37
• Party: Conservative Alliance Party
  • Leader: George SPEIGHT
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 6
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: N/A
• Party: New Labor Unity Party (NLUP)
  • Leader: Dr. Tupeni BABA
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 2
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: N/A
• Party: National Federation Party (NFP)
  • Leader: Attar SINGH
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 1
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: N/A
• Party: United General Party (UGP)
  • Leader: John SANDAY
  • Seats won in this House of Representatives election: 1
  • Seats won in last House of Representatives election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• -Parliamentary elections were last held: May 11, 1999
  -Seats decided in the last election: 71

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 814,215 (2001)
• Registered Voters: 468,772 (2001)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 400,458 (2001)

·         Is Fiji a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Fiji ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (28 August 1995)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 4 (following the 2001 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 90 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Fiji a signatory to CRPD: Yes (2 June 2010)

·         Has Fiji ratified CRPD: No

·         Population with a disability: 122,132 (est.)