56 women candidates to contest the 2018 Fiji Elections
19th October, 2018
Supervisor of Election Mohammed Saneem officiates during the Fijian Elections Office 2018 National Candidate list ball draws at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Picture: Fiji Times
The 2018 Fiji general election, for 51 seats in the Parliament, is taking place on November 14. 235 candidates from 6 political parties are standing; 56 of the candidates are women – 24% of the total number. This is an increase in the number of women standing. It is notable that 33% of the total number of women candidates comes from one party, HOPE, which has 64% women candidates.
In 2014, 44 women stood out of a total number of 248 candidates (18%); eight women were subsequently elected to Parliament, meaning that 16% of seats were held by women MPS in the 2014 – 2018 term of Parliament.
The Fiji Elections Office has comprehensive candidate information, including this web page showing the breakdown of candidates by gender, age and political party.
|
Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of women candidates |
Percentage of women candidates |
|
Humanity Opportunity Prosperity Equality (HOPE) |
28 |
18 |
64% |
|
Fiji Labour Party |
25 |
6 |
24% |
|
Fiji First |
51 |
10 |
20% |
|
National Federation Party |
51 |
10 |
20% |
|
Unity Fiji |
29 |
5 |
18% |
|
SODELPA |
51 |
7 |
14% |
|
TOTAL |
235 |
56 |
24% |