The Alliance Party, was the ruling political party in
Fiji from
1966 to
1987. Founded in the early
1960s, its leader was
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the
founding father of the modern Fijian nation. Widely seen as the political vehicle of the traditional Fijian chiefs, the Alliance Party also commanded considerable support among the Europeans and other ethnic minorities, who, although comprising only 3-4 % of Fiji's population, were over represented in the parliament (with a third of the seats before
1973, and a sixth thereafter, allocated to them).
Indo-Fijians were less supportive, but the
Fijian-European block vote kept the Alliance Party in power for more than twenty years.
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