{ "data": { "id": "fiji-general-2027", "country": "FJ", "country_name": "Fiji", "date": "2027-02-06", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "general", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Fiji", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-09-25T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution of Fiji 2013 ss.54, 58-62, 66, 93 (ConstitutionNet copy); Electoral Act 2014 ss.21, 46, 102A, 103-107 (FEO PDF); Electoral Commission releases (campaign period 25 May 2026; readiness within constitutional timeline, 18 Aug 2026; s.64(3) vacancy, 15 Sep 2026; 2022 statements of 16, 18 and 19 Dec 2022); FEO General Election page; Fiji Sun 13 Feb 2026; fijivillage 18 Aug 2026; RNZ 24 Sep 2026; Wikipedia for leads", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/fiji-general-2027", "races": [ { "id": "parliament", "key": "fiji-general-2027/parliament", "name": "Parliament of Fiji", "body": "legislature-unicameral", "seats": null, "polls_close_utc": "2027-02-06T06:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "fj-feo", "name": "Fijian Elections Office", "name_local": null, "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.feo.org.fj/", "results_index": "https://www.feo.org.fj/feo-general-elections/", "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2027-02-08T12:00:00Z", "by": "2027-02-16T11:59:59Z", "confidence": "precedent", "basis": "Two steps: the Supervisor announces the Final National Results Tally once the original final protocols from all polling stations are in (Electoral Act 2014 s.103), then the Electoral Commission allocates seats and publicly declares the members elected (ss.104–106) within 24 hours of receiving all final protocols, extendable for good reason (s.107). The EC declaration is the final result. Precedent 2022 (polling Wed 14 Dec): the EC received the Final National Results Tally at 4pm on 18 Dec 2022 (day 4) and declared the 55 members at 1pm on 19 Dec 2022 (day 5), then returned the writ to the President (EC chair's statements of 18 and 19 Dec 2022 on electoralcommission.org.fj). Window, set late: from the start of day 3 (9 Feb 2027 FJT) to the end of day 10 (16 Feb 2027 FJT), twice the 2022 lag. 2014 and 2018 declaration dates not checked. Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns (High Court, Constitution s.66; Electoral Act Part 5) may follow, but no court confirmation is required, so there is no court-validation stage. Polling day itself is tentative." }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2027-02-06T06:00:00Z", "by": "2027-02-06T19:00:00Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Electoral Act 2014 s.46(2): polls close at 6.00pm (queue rule) unless the notice of poll sets other hours; Fiji is UTC+12 with no daylight saving in force (tzdata). s.102A: the Supervisor of Elections must continuously publish provisional results for candidates and parties from the first protocol of results until 7 am on the day after polling day — 7 Feb 2027 07:00 FJT = 6 Feb 19:00 UTC. Precedent 2022 (polling 14 Dec): provisional results appeared in the FEO Results App on election night; an 'anomaly' in the app was later corrected (EC press release 'Manual Counting', 16 Dec 2022). Provisional, not the declared result. Polling day itself is tentative (latest date).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2027-02-08T12:00:00Z", "by": "2027-02-16T11:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Two steps: the Supervisor announces the Final National Results Tally once the original final protocols from all polling stations are in (Electoral Act 2014 s.103), then the Electoral Commission allocates seats and publicly declares the members elected (ss.104–106) within 24 hours of receiving all final protocols, extendable for good reason (s.107). The EC declaration is the final result. Precedent 2022 (polling Wed 14 Dec): the EC received the Final National Results Tally at 4pm on 18 Dec 2022 (day 4) and declared the 55 members at 1pm on 19 Dec 2022 (day 5), then returned the writ to the President (EC chair's statements of 18 and 19 Dec 2022 on electoralcommission.org.fj). Window, set late: from the start of day 3 (9 Feb 2027 FJT) to the end of day 10 (16 Feb 2027 FJT), twice the 2022 lag. 2014 and 2018 declaration dates not checked. Petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns (High Court, Constitution s.66; Electoral Act Part 5) may follow, but no court confirmation is required, so there is no court-validation stage. Polling day itself is tentative.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "government", "from": "2027-02-08T12:00:00Z", "by": null, "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Constitution s.93: if one party wins more than 50% of the seats, its leader assumes office as Prime Minister by taking the oath before the President; otherwise Parliament elects the Prime Minister at its first sitting (up to three votes, 24 hours apart; failing that, the President dissolves Parliament). Either way, not before the members are declared, so the window opens with the final-result window. 2022: no party won a majority; Parliament first met on 24 Dec 2022 (day 10; date implied by the EC's s.64(3) statement of 15 Sep 2026) and elected the Prime Minister that day (Wikipedia, 2022 Fijian general election; not checked against the Parliament's Hansard).", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.feo.org.fj/feo-general-elections/", "role": "results-final", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Fijian Elections Office 'General Election' page, section 'Results and statistics': official results PDFs for 2014, 2018 and 2022 (2022: https://www.feo.org.fj/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2022-GE.pdf, candidate votes only, undated). This is an index of past elections, not a page for this election. The FEO has no results website: results.feo.org.fj (used in 2018) now redirects to the FEO homepage, and in 2022 provisional and final results were published through the 'FEO Results App' (Electoral Commission press release 'Manual Counting', 16 Dec 2022). Checked 2026-09-25.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.electoralcommission.org.fj/ec-and-feo-affirm-readiness-within-constitutional-timeline/", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Commission and FEO press release (18 Aug 2026): the constitutional timeframe runs from a first possible election date of 7 Aug 2026 to a 'last possible election date being 06 February 2027'. No writ issued and no polling day fixed as of 24 Sep 2026: the Prime Minister told RNZ Pacific 'we have not set a date for the elections' (RNZ, 24 Sep 2026). DATE WORKING: Parliament first met on 24 Dec 2022 (the EC's statement of 15 Sep 2026 on the seat of the late Agni Deo Singh says the s.64(3) period of 3 years 6 months 'elapsed as of 24 June, 2026'). Constitution s.58(1): Parliament continues for 4 years from its first meeting, to 24 Dec 2026; s.59(2): writs within 7 days of expiry or dissolution; s.60: nominations close 14 days after the writ; s.61: polling commences no later than 30 days after nominations close. The Government's published timeline (Fiji Sun, 13 Feb 2026) and the EC/FEO take the latest writ as 24 Dec 2026, so 24 Dec + 14 = 7 Jan 2027, + 30 = Saturday 6 Feb 2027, which is used here as the latest date (tentative). Note: a writ issued at the very end of the s.59(2) 7-day allowance would, on our reading, push the latest poll to about 13 Feb 2027; the authorities publish 6 Feb. Earlier poll possible: the President may dissolve on the PM's advice since 24 Jun 2026 (s.58(3)); the campaign period opened 25 May 2026 (EC, 25 May 2026). Delay risk: proposed constitutional and electoral amendments are before Government and Parliament (EC/FEO release; RNZ 24 Sep 2026); any change of timeline would need legislation.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.feo.org.fj/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ELECTORAL-ACT-2014.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Act 2014 (Act No. 11 of 2014) as posted by the FEO (Aug 2026 upload; the text includes later amendments such as s.102A and s.109A, but it is not labelled as a consolidation). s.21: the writ names the polling day. s.46(2): unless the notice of poll says otherwise, polls open 7.30am and close when all voters queuing at 6.00pm have voted. s.102A: the Supervisor publishes provisional results continuously until 7am on the day after polling day. s.103: the Supervisor announces the Final National Results Tally. ss.104–106: the Electoral Commission allocates seats (5% threshold, d'Hondt) and declares the members. s.107: declaration within 24 hours of receiving the final protocols from all polling stations, extendable by the Commission. Part 5: petitions to the Court of Disputed Returns (the High Court). laws.gov.fj returned 404 for the Constitution and Act on 2026-09-25.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/2013_constitution.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitution of the Republic of Fiji 2013 (ConstitutionNet copy; the laws.gov.fj copy returned 404 on 2026-09-25): s.54 (composition; 50 seats at the first election, reviewed by the Electoral Commission at least a year before each later election — 55 seats in 2022; no review for the next election found), s.58 (term, dissolution after 3½ years), s.59 (writs), s.60 (nominations), s.61 (polling), s.62 (early dissolution by two-thirds resolution), s.66 (Court of Disputed Returns), s.93 (appointment of the Prime Minister).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Fijian_general_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.feo.org.fj/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": { "earliestUtc": "2027-02-08T12:00:00Z", "precedentDays": [ 5, 6, 10 ], "note": "Days from polling day to the Prime Minister taking office: 2014 (17 Sep to 22 Sep, 5), 2018 (14 Nov to 20 Nov, 6), both single-party majorities under s.93(2); 2022 (14 Dec to 24 Dec, 10), elected by Parliament at its first sitting under s.93(3). 2014 and 2018 dates from Wikipedia, not yet checked against official sources. A government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent; a failed third vote leads to dissolution and a new election." }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/fiji-general-2027#parliament" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-09-26.7f85138e", "built_at": "2026-09-26T15:31:20Z", "generated_at": "2026-09-26T15:58:56.913Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }