Election Watch
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
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.
Long Read
A republic is the most demanding form of government. It requires its citizens and its rulers to want something beyond their own immediate interest. FPR examines what that means for Fiji right now.
Election Watch Series
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
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
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.
Policy Watch
The government has allocated funds for a referendum without a legal framework. The Finance Minister confirms the budget is in place. The Supervisor of Elections confirms she cannot act on it.
Briefing
Fiji's municipal councils have been run by government appointees for 21 years. No elections. No accountability to residents. FPR examines what that costs, and what it would take to change it.
Election Watch
Whether Fiji's first local government elections in twenty-one years will proceed in September may be the most consequential democratic question the coalition faces this year.
Election Watch
Fiji's 2026 election could be called as early as August — or as late as February 2027. The government has not announced when. What it decides will reveal whether constitutional reform comes before or after the polls.