1967 Mauritian general election

General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. The result was a victory for the Independence Party, an alliance of the Labour Party, Independent Forward Block and Muslim Committee of Action, won 43 of the 70 seats, allowing Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to form a government.

The voting system created twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by a system known as "best losers" whereby the electoral commission would appoint eight unsuccessful candidates to ensure that ethnic minorities were fairly represented. Voter turnout was 88.9%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats			+/-
			Constituency	Best-loser	Total
Independence Party[a]	444,737	54.66	39	4	43	+13
Mauritian Social Democrat Party	354,193	43.53	23	4	27	+19
All Mauritian Hindu Congress	7,056	0.87	0	0	0	0
National Socialist Workers Party	1,238	0.15	0	0	0	0
Mauritius Liberation Front	843	0.10	0	0	0	0
Mauritius Workers Party	501	0.06	0	0	0	0
Mauritius Young Communist League	452	0.06	0	0	0	0
Rodrigues Party	232	0.03	0	0	0	0
Total	813,677	100	62	8	70	+30
Source: Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al.

^a The Independence Party bloc consisted of the Labour Party (PTr) 26 seats, the Independent Forward Bloc (IFB) 12 seats and the Comité d'Action Musulman (CAM) 5 seats.