Analysis
Fiji is about to let foreign money into its elections
Fiji's foreign-donor ban is one of the strictest in the Pacific. A bill quietly before Parliament would remove it before the writ.
FPR Election Watch
FPR Election Watch monitors Fiji's 2026 general election. Tracking the timeline, analysing the field, and fact-checking claims as the campaign develops.
Election Watch
Election Watch: Part 4 of 5
FijiFirst won 59.2% in 2014, 50% in 2018, 42.9% in 2022. Then it was deregistered. The 220,821 votes it carried into 2022 are now unanchored, and at least seven parties are competing to absorb them across three distinct voter groups. Where that vote lands shapes the next Parliament.
Election Watch Series
Electon Watch: Part 3 of 5
FijiFirst won 42.5% of the vote in 2022, secured 26 seats, and was deregistered. Two former Deputy PMs now face corruption trials during the campaign. The opposition has the opening. Part 3 examines whether it has the organisation to use it.
Election Watch Series
Election Watch: Part 2 of 5
One vote in December 2022 ended sixteen years of Bainimarama. Three years on, that coalition is heading into a campaign where each party's interest in votes competes directly with their collective interest in governing. The fault lines are showing.
Election Watch Series
Election Watch: Part 1 of 5
The writ window opens 24 June. Rabuka can call the election any day from here — but timing is strategy. This analysis maps the factors pulling him toward an early poll and those pushing him to wait, the three scenarios in play, and what the date he picks will tell us about where he thinks he stands.
Election Watch
Election Watch 2026
Fiji goes to the polls between August 2026 and February 2027. This briefing tracks the electoral timeline, explains how the system works, maps 20 red flags drawn from Fiji's political history and international monitoring standards, and flags what to watch before the writ drops.