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Parliamentary Voting Record — 2022–2027 Parliament

How Did Your MP Vote?

Every significant parliamentary division since the December 2022 election — tracked by MP, party and bill. Fiji's parliament does not make this easy to find. The FPR makes it easy.

12Votes tracked
55MPs covered
8Parliamentary sessions
May 2026Last updated
Aye
No
Abstain
Absent
24 Nov 2023
Appropriation (2023-2024) Bill — Second Reading
Budget and finance · Session 3, 2023
Passed Ayes 28 · Noes 18 · Absent 9
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The Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2023-2024 passed at second reading. The budget included increases to GST from 9% to 15%, increases to the tourism departure tax, and significant capital expenditure commitments. Opposition parties voted against, citing the cost-of-living impact of the GST increase on ordinary households.
How MPs Voted
Sitiveni Rabuka
PA · PM
Biman Prasad
NFP · DPM
Manoa Kamikamica
PA · DPM
Viliame Gavoka
SODELPA
Lynda Tabuya
PA
Inia Seruiratu
FijiFirst
Ro Filipe Tuisawau
FijiFirst
Premila Kumar
FijiFirst
⚠ Full division record pending verification from Hansard. Partial data shown. FPR is working to verify complete MP voting records for this division.
FPR Analysis
The budget passed along coalition lines — People's Alliance, NFP and SODELPA voting together against FijiFirst in opposition. The GST increase from 9% to 15% was the most politically contentious element — a fiscally necessary but politically costly decision that the opposition argued disproportionately burdened lower-income households already struggling with post-COVID cost of living pressures.
Budget 2023-24GST increaseCoalition voteCost of living
2025
National Referendum Bill No. 46 — First Reading
Electoral · Constitutional
Passed Tally pending verification
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The National Referendum Bill No. 46 of 2025 passed its first reading. The Bill establishes the framework for referenda required to amend the 2013 Constitution. Opposition parties and civil society groups raised concerns about provisions restricting public communication during referendum campaigns.
How MPs Voted
⚠ Full division record pending verification from Hansard. The FPR is working to extract complete voting records for this bill from parliamentary transcripts.
FPR Analysis
The National Referendum Bill is among the most significant pieces of legislation in the current parliamentary term — it creates the framework through which Fijians will vote on any constitutional changes the CRC recommends. The bill's communication restrictions raised direct concerns about whether the referendum process it governs will meet the standard of genuine public deliberation a constitutional referendum requires. The FPR's launch article examined these concerns in detail.
Referendum BillConstitutional reformCommunication restrictions
Nov 2024
Appropriation (2024-2025) Bill — Second Reading
Budget and finance · Session 2, 2024
Passed Tally pending verification
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The 2024-2025 Appropriation Bill passed. The budget continued fiscal consolidation measures begun in 2023, with the IMF recommending a primary surplus of approximately 2% of GDP by FY2030. Public debt remained elevated at approximately 80% of GDP according to the IMF's June 2025 Article IV consultation.
How MPs Voted
⚠ Full division record pending verification from Hansard.
FPR Analysis
The 2024-2025 budget continued the coalition's fiscal consolidation trajectory — necessary given Fiji's elevated debt position but politically challenging given cost-of-living pressures. The FPR's analysis of Fiji's sovereign wealth fund deficit — The Politics of Saving — examines the structural fiscal context in which these budget decisions are made.
Budget 2024-25Fiscal consolidationIMF
2024
Parliamentary (Remuneration and Allowances) Amendment
Governance · Salaries
Passed Tally pending verification
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Parliament voted to increase the salaries and allowances of members of Parliament — a decision that drew significant public criticism at a time when the government had publicly committed to fiscal restraint and asked ordinary Fijians to absorb the costs of the GST increase. The vote generated public controversy about parliamentary accountability.
How MPs Voted
⚠ Full division record pending verification from Hansard. This is one of the most important votes to document given its public significance.
FPR Analysis
The parliamentary salary increase vote is one of the most politically significant of the current term — it directly contradicted the government's public messaging about fiscal discipline and cost-of-living sensitivity. Documenting exactly who voted for the increase, who voted against, and who was absent is a core accountability function of this tracker.
Parliamentary salariesAccountabilityFiscal discipline
Early 2026
Constitutional Review Commission — Establishment
Constitutional · Governance
Passed Tally pending verification
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Parliament approved the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission — the body now tasked with reviewing the 2013 Constitution and reporting to the President by 31 August 2026. The Commission was sworn in on 13 March 2026 under Chair Sevuloni Valenitabua with an FJD $1 million budget allocation.
How MPs Voted
⚠ Full division record pending verification from Hansard.
FPR Analysis
The establishment of the CRC represents the most significant constitutional moment in Fiji's post-2013 history. The FPR's CRC Watch series tracks the Commission's progress. The vote to establish it — and who supported or opposed it — is an important part of the accountability record the tracker will document.
CRCConstitutional reform2026
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Individual MP voting records are being populated as division data is extracted from Hansard. Records marked with ⚠ are pending full verification.

SR
Sitiveni Rabuka
Prime Minister
People's Alliance
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Abstain
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Absent
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⚠ Pending Hansard verification

BP
Biman Prasad
Former Deputy PM · Resigned Oct 2025
National Federation Party
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Abstain
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Absent
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⚠ Pending Hansard verification

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Lynda Tabuya
Minister for Information, Environment and Climate Change
People's Alliance
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Abstain
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Absent
Attendance rate

⚠ Pending Hansard verification

VG
Viliame Gavoka
Minister for Tourism
SODELPA
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Ayes
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Abstain
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Absent
Attendance rate

⚠ Pending Hansard verification

IS
Inia Seruiratu
Leader of the Opposition
FijiFirst
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Ayes
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Abstain
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Absent
Attendance rate

⚠ Pending Hansard verification

PK
Premila Kumar
Opposition MP
FijiFirst
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Ayes
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Noes
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Abstain
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Absent
Attendance rate

⚠ Pending Hansard verification

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About This Tracker

The Fiji Parliamentary Voting Record Tracker documents how every MP in Fiji's 2022-2027 Parliament voted on significant legislation. Fiji's parliament publishes Hansard — the official record of parliamentary proceedings — but voting records are embedded in lengthy debate transcripts that are difficult for ordinary citizens to search and use.

The FPR extracts division records from Hansard and publishes them in a searchable, accessible format. Every entry is verified against the primary Hansard source before publication. Entries marked with ⚠ are pending full verification.

This tracker is updated after each parliamentary sitting. It will be most useful in the lead-up to the 2026-2027 general election — when voters deserve to know exactly how their MPs have voted during this parliamentary term.

Source

All voting data is sourced from Fiji's official Hansard, published by the Parliament of Fiji at parliament.gov.fj. No vote is included without a primary source reference.

What counts as a division

A division is a formal recorded vote in which MPs physically divide — voting Aye or No — and the result is recorded in Hansard. Voice votes without a recorded division are not included.

Absent vs abstain

Absent means the MP was not recorded as voting. Abstain means the MP was present but deliberately did not vote. This distinction matters — both are recorded where Hansard records them.

Party discipline and s.63

Under s.63 of the 2013 Constitution, MPs must vote with their party on all matters. Votes against party direction — or absences during significant votes — are therefore particularly significant.

Corrections

If you identify an error in a voting record, contact editor@fijipoliticalreview.com with the Hansard reference. We will verify and correct within 48 hours.

Update schedule

The tracker is updated within one week of each parliamentary sitting. New divisions are added as they are verified against Hansard. The last update date is shown in the header.

All voting data sourced from the official Hansard of the Parliament of Fiji. Published by the Fiji Political Review under its Editorial Independence Charter. Errors and corrections to editor@fijipoliticalreview.com. Last updated May 2026.