September 1977 Fijian general election

September 1977 Fijian general election

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All 52 seats in the House of Representatives
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
NFP-F
NFP-D
Leader Kamisese Mara Jai Ram Reddy Sidiq Koya
Party Alliance NFP–Flower NFP–Dove
Seats won 36 12 3
Popular vote 378,349 171,508 149,305
Percentage 52.24% 23.68% 20.62%

Prime Minister before election

Kamisese Mara
Alliance

Elected Prime Minister

Kamisese Mara
Alliance

Early general elections were held in Fiji between 17 and 24 September 1977.[1] They followed elections in March which resulted in a hung parliament and no party able to gain a majority. The new election resulted in a landslide win for the Alliance Party (Fiji) led by Prime Minister Kamisese Mara, which won 36 seats out of 52. It was aided by a split in the main opposition, the National Federation Party (NFP) and a decline in support for the Fijian Nationalist Party.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p653 ISBN 0-19-924959-8