1987 Mauritian general election
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Constitution |
General elections were held in Mauritius on 30 August 1987. The result was a victory for the Alliance, composed of the Labour Party, the Mauritian Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party, which won 44 of the 70 seats.[1]
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] Voter turnout was 85%.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | ||
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Constituency | Best-loser | Total | ||||
Union† | 789,268 | 47.3 | 21 | 3 | 24 | +2 |
Alliance* | 675,757 | 40.3 | 39 | 5 | 44 | -2 |
Mauritian Social Democrat Party | 141,878 | 8.5 | ||||
Rodrigues People's Organisation | 17,044 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Rodrigues People's Grouping | 11,826 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Lalit | 8,723 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mauritian People's Party | 3,794 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MTS | 2,077 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
OMT-FNAS | 1,529 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
MEM/PE | 678 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mauritian Future | 676 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
National Mauritius Muslim Rights | 606 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Progressive Socialist Movement | 590 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mauritian Planters Movement | 524 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Rally for the Economy and Development | 512 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Socialist Movement of the South | 459 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mario Fabien Grouping | 362 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius | 240 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
People's Democratic Movement | 117 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mauritian National Party | 57 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mauritius United Party | 54 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Mauritian Unity Organisation | 41 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
Independents | 11,927 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,668,739 | 100 | 62 | 8 | 70 | +4 |
Source: Nohlen et al., EISA |
* The Alliance was an alliance of the two factions of the Labour Party (9 seats), the Mauritian Socialist Movement (31 seats - 26 constituency and 5 "best loser") and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (4 seats).
† The Union was an alliance of the Mauritian Militant Movement (24 seats), the Democratic Labour Movement and the Socialist Workers' Front.
References
- ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
- ^ Mauritius: 1987 Legislative Assembly election results EISA