Fijian general election, 1972
- Fijian general election, 1972
The general election to the Fijian House of Representatives in 1972 was the first since independence from the United Kingdom had been achieved in 1970. This election was 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, Ratu Sir 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 votes, as well as all the General Communal seats. The National Federation Party (NFP), on the other hand, won all the Indian Communal sets with 73% of the votes.
After the election, cooporation between the two major parties continued with R.D. Patel of the NFP elected the speaker of the Alliance dominated House of Representatives.
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