 In the 1966 elections, the multiracial Alliance Party won 23 seats (all nine Fijian seats, all nine cross-voting seats, and five of the seven general seats) and the Indo-Fijian dominated Federation Party 9 (all of which were Indo-Fijian seats), with independents winning the remaining two.Following the elections, a ministerial system of government was introduced, with Kamisese Mara of the Alliance Party as Chief Minister.Federation Party leader A. D. Patel became Leader of the Opposition.