 Voter turnout was 81%, a decrease from the turnout in the constituencies in the 1966 elections.Although the victory proved the support for the Federation Party within the Info-Fijian community, it also exacerbated ethnic tensions.Following the elections, ethnic Fijians rioted (with 21 arrested and charged in one area) and mass meetings were held in several locations at which calls were made for Indo-Fijians to be deported.