Voters braved the mid-morning sun in umbrellas as they queued up to vote for their representatives in the 49 seat parliament.
150 candidates are vying for the remaining 45 seats as the Prime Minister, two cabinet ministers and 1 associate minister have already been declared elected as they were unopposed.
The 2016 elections has the highest number of women candidates, with 24 running as five seats have been allocated in parliament for women representatives.
The ruling Human Rights Protection Party has secured 20 seats before polling opened as there are 16 constituencies without Opposition candidates and only HRPP candidates are contesting each other.
The general elections are being monitored by a four man Observer Team from the Pacific Forum that is to report on their findings in two weeks.
Polls close at 3.00 pm today and the provisional results will be announced as they come in later in the evening.
