Fiji

On 14 December 2022 general elections were held to elect the 55 members of the Fijian Parliament.

Electoral results 2022

FijiFirst: 26 seats, 200,246 votes, 42.55%
People's Alliance: 21 seats, 168,581 votes, 35.82%
National Federation Party: 5 seats, 41,830 votes, 8.89%
Social Democratic Liberal Party: 3 seats, 24,172 votes, 5.14%
Unity Fiji Party: 0 seats, 13,100 votes, 2.78%
Fiji Labour Party: 0 seats, 12,704 votes, 2.70%
We Unite Fiji Party 0 seats, 6,070 votes, 1.29%
All Peoples Party: 0 seats, 2,638 votes, 0.56%
New Generation Party: 0 seats, 964 votes, 0.20%
Independents: 0 seats, 279 votes, 0.07%
Total: 55 seats, 470,584 votes
Source: Fijian Elections Office

About the electoral system
The 51 parliamentary seats are allotted through a multi-member open list system of proportional representation. There is only one electoral district. According to the Constitution, all political parties and independent candidates must obtain at least 5% of all votes to win a seat in Parliament. The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition each nominate one person for the Presidency. Members of Parliament then vote between the two nominations to select the President. The President holds office for three-year terms for a maximum of 2 terms. The Prime Minister is the leader of the political party that has won more than 50% of the total number of parliamentary seats.
Source: IFES

Electoral results 2018

FijiFirst: 27 seats 227,241 votes 50.02%
Social Democratic Liberal Party: 21 seats 181,072 votes 39.85%
National Federation Party: 3 seats 33,515 votes 7.38%
Unity Fiji Party: 0 seats, 6,896 votes 1.52%
HOPE Party: 0 seats, 2,811 votes 0.62%
Fiji Labor Party: 0 seats, 2,800 votes 0.62%
Total: 55 seats, 637,527 votes
Source: IFES

Selected articles
SODELPA is kingmaker, 18 December, 2022, (FBC News)

The results are in - Fiji to get a coalition government, 19 December, 2022, (RNZ)

Fiji's major parties look to kingmaker to form government after deadlocked election results, 18 December, 2022, (ABC News)