Voters have only 8 hours to cast their vote - Saneem

Registered voters have 8 more hours to cast their ballot.

Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem confirmed at a press conference this morning that polling started at 7.30am at various polling stations.

More than 527,000 people are expected to cast their vote.

Saneem said it is encouraging to see that large number of people turned up to vote.

He added that 1,460 polling stations are operating now with 598 in Central division, 568 in the Western division , 274 in the Northern division and 25 in Eastern division.

Saneem has also encouraged people to text their electronic voter registration number to 545 to find out about their polling station

He said that some polling stations that he visited, voters were not sure whether they are at the right polling station.

Meanwhile for postal voting, Saneem says DHL is open today and if you have not received your ballot paper, contact DHL and you can return your marked ballot papers directly to the Fijian Elections Office or to DHL.

He added that ballot papers must be handed in by 6pm today.  

Meanwhile, provisional results from majority of the polling stations for the 2014 general elections will be known tonight.

Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem confirmed that live updates of the provisional results will be given out as the counting officials communicate the information from the counting stations around the country.

Legend FM News will have live updates starting from 6 tonight on the count of the 2014 general elections.

Stay with us for the breakdown of the results, the votes received by the candidates and the parties, and the scenario going forward