WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Vote counting finished in Fiji’s general election Sunday but there was no clear winner, and various political parties are now negotiating to form a coalition government.
The election had pitted two former coup leaders against each other.
Sitiveni Rabuka, who led a coup back in 1987 and later served as an elected prime minister in the 1990s, emerged as the main challenger to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who has held power for the past 16 years.
Rabuka’s People’s Alliance Party and allies the National Federation Party won about 45 percent of the vote combined. Bainimarama’s Fiji’s First party, meanwhile, won about 43 percent….