Elections in Mauritius
Elections in Mauritius gives information on
election and election results in
Mauritius.
Mauritius elects on national level a
head of state - the
president - and a
legislature. The
National Assembly has 66 members, 62 elected for a four year term in single-seat
constituencies and 4 additional members appointed by the Supreme Court. The president is elected for a five year term by the parliament. Mauritius has a
multi-party system, with two or three strong
parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
The last elections took place on
3 July 2005. Counting of polls took place on
4 July.
The
Alliance Sociale, a
coalition led by the
Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) and including the
Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), the
Mauritian Social Democrat Party (MSN),
Les Verts (Greens), the
Republican Movement, and the
Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (MMSM), won the election with 42 of the 70 seats (38 elected directly, and another 4 nominated under the country's "best loser" system). The PTr leader,
Navin Ramgoolam, was subsequently appointed
Prime Minister on
5 July, with
Rashid Beebeejaun as his deputy. Three other coalition leaders were elected, but the
Les Verts leader failed to oust outgoing Prime Minister
Paul Bérenger from his constituency.
24 seats were won by Bérenger's coalition, consisting of the
Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the
Militant Socialist Movement (MSM); of these, 22 were directly elected and 2 nominated as "best losers".
Pravind Jugnauth, the MSM leader, lost his seat to an
Alliance Sociale candidate.
The two seats reserved for the island of
Rodrigues were won by the
Rodrigues Movement (OPR); another 2 OPR members were appointed as "best losers."
8 of the 70 seats are allocated to "best losers," appointed to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented.
Every voter has three votes. The total number of votes cast divided by three (648,316) is lower than the actual number people voting (666,178), because not all of them cast three votes.
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Mauritian general election, 2000*
Mauritian general election, 1995*
Mauritian general election, 1991*
Mauritian general election, 1987*
Mauritian general election, 1983*
Mauritian general election, 1982*
Mauritian general election, 1976*
Mauritian general election, 1967*
Mauritian general election, 1963*
Mauritian general election, 1959*
Electoral calendar*
Electoral system*
Electionworld*
Adam Carr's Election Archive*
African Elections Database
