Fijian Nationalist Party

The Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP) was a political party in Fiji, founded in 1975 by Sakeasi Butadroka, a parliamentarian who defected from the then-ruling Fijian Alliance, on a "Fiji for the Fijians!" platform. Its support peaked in the parliamentary election of March 1977, when it took 24.4 percent of the popular vote. Though it won only one seat in the 52-member House of Representatives, most of its votes came at the expense of the Alliance, allowing the Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party to win a plurality in the House and precipitating a constitutional crisis. The party changed its name in 1992 to the Fijian Nationalist United Front Party (FNUPF), and occasionally won parliamentary seats (three in 1992, one in 1999), but never regained the level of support it had enjoyed in the 1970s.

In the late 1990s, the FNUFP merged with the Vanua Tako Lavo Party, which shared its strong opposition to the constitution adopted in 1997-1998. The merged party, known as the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party, was implicated by Maciu Navakasuasua, who was convicted of offences related to the Fiji coup of 2000, in the planning of the coup which deposed the elected government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry.

Political parties in Fiji
Represented in the
House of Representatives
  • Fiji Labour Party (FLP)
  • Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL)
  • United Peoples Party (UPP)
Represented on
municipal councils
  • Lighthouse
  • National Federation Party (NFP)
  • Ratepayers' Associations
  • Savusavu Ratepayers and Citizens
  • Sunrise Party
Minor parties
  • Dodonu ni Taukei
  • Fijian Association Party (FAP)
  • Fijian Political Party (SVT)
  • General Voters Party (GVP)
  • Girmit Heritage Party
  • Green Party
  • Justice and Freedom Party
  • Lio 'On Famör Rotuma Party
  • National Alliance Party (NAP)
  • National Democratic Party (NDP)
  • Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP)
  • New Nationalist Party (NNP)
  • People's National Party (PNP)
  • Party of the Truth (POTT)
  • Parliamentary Organization for Indigenous Fijians (POIF)
  • Social Liberal Multicultural Party (SLMP)
  • Sugar City Ratepayers Alliance
Historical parties
  • Conservative Alliance (CAMV)
  • Alliance Party
  • All Nationals Congress (ANC)
  • Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV)
  • Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN)
  • Fiji Democratic Party (FDP)
  • Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP)
  • National Congress of Fiji
  • New Labour Unity Party (NLUP)
  • Party of National Unity (PANU)
  • Protector of Fiji (BKV)
  • Western United Front
  • United Generals Party (UGP)
  • Vanua Tako Lavo Party (VTLP)
Coalitions
  • Grand Coalition (2006)
  • People's Coalition (1999)
  • NFP-Labour Coalition (1987)
  • NFP-WUF Coalition (1982)
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  • List of political parties
  • Politics of Fiji
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