All 52 seats in the House of Representatives 26 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
NFP
Leader
Kamisese Mara
Sidiq Koya
Party
Alliance
NFP
Last election
23 seats
9 seats
Seats won
33
19
Seat change
10
10
Popular vote
388,550
241,866
Percentage
57.52%
35.81%
Swing
5.58pp
6.76pp
Prime Minister before election
Kamisese Mara
Alliance
Subsequent Prime Minister
Kamisese Mara
Alliance
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Executive
President (list)
Wiliame Katonivere
Prime Minister
Sitiveni Rabuka
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Attorney-General
Siromi Turaga
Leader of the Opposition
Inia Seruiratu
Legislative
Parliament
Speaker: Naiqama Lalabalavu
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Kamal Kumar
Court of Appeal
High Court
Elections
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Post-independence elections
1972
Mar 1977
Sep 1977
1982
1987
1992
1994
1999
2001
2006
2014
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Next
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Recent local elections
2002
2005
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Minister: Sitiveni Rabuka
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General elections were held in Fiji between 15 and 29 April 1972,[1] the first since independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. They were characterised by the lack of rancour between racial groups, typical of the 1966 general election and the 1968 by-elections.
The result was a landslide for the Alliance Party of the Prime Minister, Kamisese Mara, which won 33 of the 52 seats, and surprised many observers by capturing almost 25 percent of the Indo-Fijian vote. The Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party led by Sidiq Koya won the remaining 19 seats. The election re-affirmed the political allegiances of the past, with the Alliance Party winning all the Fijian Communal seats with 82% of the vote, as well as all the General Communal seats. The National Federation Party (NFP) won all the Indian Communal sets with 73% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85.2% in the communal seats.
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p653 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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