United Fiji Party
The United Fiji Party (Fijian: Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua) is a political party in Fiji. It was founded in 2001 by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase as a power base; it absorbed most of the Christian Democratic Party and other conservative groupings, and its endorsement by the Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga), it was widely seen as the successor to the Fijian Alliance, the former ruling party that had dominated Fijian politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. It draws its support mainly from indigenous Fijiians.
In the 2001 elections, it was the second largest party with its 26% of the vote, but became the largest party in Parliament, with 32 out of 71 seats.
See also: Politics of Fiji, List of political parties in Fiji.
