Fiji's Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum, says the voter registration process will continue next year with a focus on people who have only recently turned 18.
He says more than 540 thousand people have registered so far, more than the number claimed by the leader of the Labour Party, Mahendra Chaudhry, who says 20 percent of the electorate are yet to be registered.
Mr Sayed Khaiyum takes a swipe at Mr Chaudhry, saying he is trying to turn the matter into a political issue.
Mr Chaudhry raised concerns that with just 9 months to the election large numbers are yet to be registered.
He blamed elections office staffing and says morale among the workers is low.
Mr Sayed Khayum says the currrent process is the most precise and transparent in the country's history but any calculation of the exact number yet to register is inaccurate, at best.
