Polling has begun for the 2018 General Election.

Fijians can vote until 6pm after which counting begins.

A total of 550,194 people will head to the polls today, excluding those who have already voted via pre-poll and postal voting.

44708 voters have taken part in the pre-poll, which was a 63 percent turnout and more than 6000 people took part via postal ballot.

235 candidates are taking part for the five different political parties.