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majority in the House after a successful vote of no confidence in Reddy, but this was soon overturned, allowing Reddy to retain leadership of the House. In 1991, it was expected that conservative parties such as
Solidarity would align themselves with the National Party, but Reddy denied rumours that the Solidarity leadership was discussing plans to join the National Party. The party did not take part in the first non-racial election in 1994.
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