Mauritian general election, 1976

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General elections were held in Mauritius on 23 December 1976. Although the Mauritian Militant Movement won the most seats, a coalition government was formed by the Independence Party and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party. Around 400 candidates representing thirty-one parties contested the election, but only the three aforementioned parties won seats.[1][2]

The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by the "best losers".[3] Voter turnout was 88%.[4]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Constituency Best-loser Total
Mauritian Militant Movement469,42040.930434New
Independence Party*461,94938.125328-3
Mauritian Social Democrat Party200,55916.5718-19
Independent Forward Bloc26,9022.2000-12
Mauritian Democratic Union12,5051.0000New
Progressive Socialist Party9,8070.8000New
Rodrigues People's Organisation6,3760.5000New
Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement5,3720.4000New
Progressive Party of the South2,2230.2000New
Republican Centre Party1,6360.1000New
Labour Unity Liberals8000.0000New
Mauritius Muslim Democratic League2660.0000New
Mauritius People's Progressive Party2490.0000New
Communist Party of Mauritius2440.0000New
Mauritius Muslim Rights2360.0000New
Mauritius United Party1860.0000New
Movement and the Mauritian Socialist Youth1740.0000New
People's Democratic Party1430.0000New
Union of the General Population920.0000New
Independents14,0211.2000New
Total1,213,160100628700
Source: Nohlen et al.

* The Independence Party was an alliance of the Labour Party and the Muslim Committee of Action. It had also historically included the Independent Forward Block.

References

  1. Mauritius Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  3. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
  4. Mauritius: 1976 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
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