The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) has so far 658,310 voters on the National Register of Voters and estimates 670,000 voters for the 2022 General Election.

Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem told a media conference yesterday that the figure was confirmed after a second round of verification with the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry.

“As the election draws closer, there will be more fluctuations to the number of voters as we continue to remove persons who are deceased from the voter list or persons who no longer qualify as voters from the voter list and at the same time continue to add new registrations to the voter list,” said Mr Saneem.

Mr Saneem said the FEO had since 2014 always relied on the turaganikoro and advisory councillors network to carry out ground level verification of the National Register of Voters and the Voter Lists used in the general election.

“We are doing the same for the 2022 exercise, as we consider the turaganikoros and district advisory councillors as the primary source of information from the ground.

“Going forward into the Nationwide Voter Registration Drive and the Know Your Election campaign, the Fijian Elections Office will be using the verified Voter Lists from the second round of verification that have been returned by the turaganikoros and advisory councillors as a baseline for verification and registration drives in each community as we progress through the Nationwide Voter Registration Drive.

“The lists also provide an opportunity for the FEO to ascertain how many voters to expect in terms of voter services for those areas.”