Mauritian general election, 1995

Mauritian general election, 1995
Mauritius
20 December 1995 (1995-12-20)

All 70 seats in the National Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Navin Ramgoolam Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Party Labour Party MSM
Leader since 1991 1983
Leader's seat Pamplemousses and Triolet Piton & Riviere Du Rempart
Last election 3 seats 57 seats
Seats before 3 57
Seats won 60 0
Seat change Increase 57 Decrease 57
Popular vote 1,084,236 330,219
Percentage 65.2% 19.8 %
Swing Increase 25.9% Decrease 35.6%

Prime Minister before election

Sir Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

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General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1995. The result was a victory for the Labour Party-Mauritian Militant Movement alliance led by Navin Ramgoolam,[1] which won all 60 constituency seats on Mauritius. Along with 1982, it was one of two elections in which a party won every seat. The Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) led by Anerood Jugnauth lost power after 13 years, with Jugnauth resigning two days after the results were announced. Navin Ramgoolam became Prime Minister and appointed Paul Berenger as Deputy Prime Minister.

Electoral system

The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and up to eight seats were filled by the "best losers",[2] although only four were filled at this election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Constituency Best-loser Total
Labour Party-MMM*1,084,23665.260060
MSM-MMR330,21919.8000
Gaëtan Duval Party105,2826.3011
MMP-HP28,7491.7000
Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement25,4721.5000
Rodrigues People's Organisation16,6311.0202
Rodrigues Movement9,529 022
Muslim People's Front8,2330.5000
Liberal Democrats' Movement6,8480.4000
Natural Law Party4,0740.2000
Liberal Action Party3,3320.2000
Mauritian People's Party2,5050.2000
Mauritian Movement for Peace1,6300.1000
Hizbullah1,3750.1011
Movement for Justice1,1490.1000
Mauritian Democratic Movement8590.1000
Socialist Movement of the South3420.0000
Hindu Etka Andolan Dul3070.0000
Republican Movement2810.0000
Mauritian Democracy2590.0000
Mauritian Workers' Movement2120.0000
Mauritius United Party1850.0000
Mauritius Party Rights1000.0000
Independents32,0071.9000
Invalid/blank votes8,805----
Total567,810**10062466
Source: EISA, IPU, Nohlen et al.

* Of the 60 seats, the Labour Party won 35 and the MMM 25.[4]

** Total number of voters (voters could cast more than one vote).

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
  3. Mauritius: 1995 National Assembly election results EISA
  4. Elections in Mauritius African Elections Database
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