At Stake in this Election:        

• 51 members of the Parliament of Fiji 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Wiliame KATONIVERE 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Frank BAINIMARAMA 

• Assembly: Unicameral Parliament with 51 members 

Electoral System: 

• The President is appointed by Parliament for a three-year term. 

• The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in Parliament.  

• 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. Members are elected to a four-year term.  

Main Parties in this Election:  

• FijiFirst 

• Leader: Frank BAINIMARAMA 

• Seats won in last election: 27 

• Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) 

• Leader: Viliame GAVOKA 

• Seats won in last election: 21 

• National Federation Party (NFP) 

• Leader: Biman PRASAD 

• Seats won in last election: 3 

• All Peoples Party 

• Leader: Tuloma Tutani TAWAIVUNA 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

• Fiji Labour Party 

• Leader: Mahendra P CHAUDHRY 

• Seats won in last election: 0 

• New Generation Party 

• Leader: Fredrick KATAIWAI 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

• Social Democratic Liberal Party 

• Leader: Sitiveni Ligamamada RABUKA 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

• Unity Fiji 

• Leader : Savenaca NARUBE 

• Seats won in last election: 0 

• We Unite Fiji Party 

• Leader: Jolame VOSAILAGI 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 943,737 (2022 est.)¹ 

• Registered Voters: 689,974 (2022)²

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 461,181 (2022 est.)³ 

• Is Fiji a signatory to CEDAW: No 

• Has Fiji ratified CEDAW: Yes (Accession) (28 Aug 1995)⁴ 

• Gender Quota: None 

• Number of Female Legislators (prior to election): 10 out of 51 (19.6%)⁵ 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 93 at 0.743⁶ 

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

Disability Data: 

• Is Fiji a signatory to CRPD: Yes (02 Jun 2010)⁷ 

• Has Fiji ratified CRPD: Yes (07 Jun 2017)⁸ 

• Projected Population with a disability: 136,408 (2022 est.)⁹

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Fiji: Yes, programming 

• Election FAQs: Yes

 

1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/fiji/#people-and-society 

2. https://www.feo.org.fj

3. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/fiji/#people-and-society

4. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

5. https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=6&year=2022 

6. https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/FJI

7. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

8. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

9. http://electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/?q=fiji#tab