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1995 Mauritian general election

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1995 Mauritian general election

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All 70 seats in the National Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Gaetan Duval.jpg
Leader Navin Ramgoolam Gaëtan Duval
Party Labour Party Parti Gaëtan Duval
Last election 3 seats
Seats won 60 1
Seat change Increase 57 New
Popular vote 1,084,236 105,282
Percentage 65.2% 6.3%
Swing Increase 25.9pp New

Prime Minister before election

Sir Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1995. The result was a landslide 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

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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

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

PartyVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal
Labour PartyMMM1,084,23665.1760060
MSMMMR330,21919.85000
Parti Gaëtan Duval105,2826.33011
MMP–HP28,7491.73000
Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement25,4721.53000
Rodrigues People's Organisation16,6311.00202
Rodrigues Movement9,5290.57022
Muslim People's Front8,2330.49000
Liberal Democrats' Movement6,8480.41000
Natural Law Party4,0740.24000
Liberal Action Party3,3320.20000
Mauritian People's Party2,5050.15000
Mauritian Movement for Peace1,6300.10000
Hizbullah1,3750.08011
Movement for Justice1,1490.07000
Mauritian Democratic Movement8590.05000
Socialist Movement of the South3420.02000
Hindu Etka Andolan Dul3070.02000
Republican Movement2810.02000
Mauritian Democracy2590.02000
Mauritian Workers' Movement2120.01000
Mauritius United Party1850.01000
Mauritius Party Rights1000.01000
Independents32,0071.92000
Total1,663,816100.0062466
Valid votes559,00598.45
Invalid/blank votes8,8051.55
Total votes567,810100.00
Registered voters/turnout712,51379.69
Source: Electoral Commission, African Elections Database, EISA, Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
  3. ^ Mauritius: 1995 National Assembly election results Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
  4. ^ Elections in Mauritius African Elections Database