The nomination period for candidates wishing to contest the 2022 General Election is now open.
Fiji’s Electoral Commission chairperson Mukesh Nand made the announcement today after receiving the Writ for the 2022 election.
Section 22 of the Electoral Act 2014 states the nomination period for the receipt of nomination of candidates for the General Election shall be from 8am on November 1 to 12pm on November 14, 2022.
Mr Nand says there will be two types of nomination forms for the 2022 General Election: Form one is for Independent Candidate nominations and Form two is for Political Party Candidate nominations. Both forms can be accessed from the Fijian Elections Office website: www.feo.org.fj/about-us/forms/
Some information to note:
- candidate nominations are to be delivered to the Fijian Elections Office situated at the St Stephen’s Building in Victoria Parade, Suva
- nomination forms are to be accompanied with deposits of $1000 for each Party candidate and $1000 for each Independent candidate
- those who wish to register their nomination as Independent candidate must also present a list of 1000 supporters in the approved form along with their nomination form
- any candidate who wishes to withdraw his or her nomination form, can do so by providing a written notice to the Supervisor of Elections no later than 12pm on November 15, 2022.
Mr Nand said once the nominations period ended, the Supervisor of Elections would proceed to vet all applications and decide whether an independent nomination or party nomination had met all the criteria in order to be approved as a candidate for the 2022 General Election.
The approved List of Candidates for the 2022 General Election will then be displayed at the place of nomination.
He said objections to any candidate nominations and appeals to the decision of the Supervisor of Elections must be received by the Electoral Commission at its Toorak office in Suva no later than 4pm on November 15.
The FEO will then conduct the National Candidates List Ball Draw to allocate individual numbers to approved candidates.
