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Fiji's ruling party leads provisional count after national election

Fiji’s Prime Minister and Fiji First leader Frank Bainimarama leaves after voting at a polling station during the Fijian general election in Suva, Fiji, December 14, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas via REUTERS

The ruling Fiji First party led provisional results, boosted by a 31.42% vote for Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, with half of polling stations counted in the Pacific island nation after Wednesday's national election.

Bainimarama, who came to power in a coup 16 years ago, is contesting his third democratic election since reforms to Fiji's constitution in 2013 scrapped a race-based voting system.

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