List of political parties in Mauritius

This article lists Mauritius political parties in alphabetical order. Mauritius has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no single party usually has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly of Mauritius (since 2024)

Parties represented in the National Assembly of Mauritius (until 2024)

Alliance			Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
	Mauritian Alliance	Militant Socialist Movement Mouvement Socialiste Militant	MSM	Pravind Jugnauth	Centre-left	Democratic socialism Social democracy	36 / 70	42 / 70
		Muvman Liberater	ML	Ivan Collendavelloo	Left-wing	Democratic socialism	3 / 70
		Muvman Patriot Morisien	MPM	Alan Ganoo			2 / 70
		Militant Platform Plateforme Militante	PM	Steven Obeegadoo	Centre-left	Participatory democracy Social democracy	1 / 70
	National Alliance	Labour Party Parti Travailliste	PTr	Navin Ramgoolam	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism	12 / 70	16 / 70
	National Alliance	Mauritian Social Democratic Party Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate	PMSD	Xavier-Luc Duval	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Francophilia	4 / 70	16 / 70
None		Mauritian Militant Movement Mouvement Militant Mauricien	MMM	Paul Bérenger	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Social democracy Humanism	9 / 70
None		Rodrigues People's Organisation Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais	OPR	Serge Clair	Left-wing	Autonomism	2 / 70

Parties without representation

	Abbr.	Leader	Actual alliance
Comité D’Action Musulman Mauricien^[1]	CAMM	Jauhan	None
Reform Party	RP	Roshi Bhadain	None
Front Solidarité Mauricien	FSM	Cehl Meeah	None
Azir Moris		Jameel Peerally	None
Ensam Nou Kapav		Roshni Mooneeram	None
Lalit			None
Les Verts Fraternels	VF	Sylvio Michel	None
Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie	RCP	Parvez Dookhy	None
The Four Cats		Lallmohammed Ramjan	None
Mauritius New Generation Forces	MNGF	Ahmedally Janoo	None
Mouvement Authentique Mauricien	MAM	Eliézer François	None
Mouvement Mauricien Sociale Démocrate	MMSD	Eric Guimbeau	None
The Liberals		Maharajah Madhewoo	None
Parti Kreol Morisien		Edley Bergue^[2]	None
Parti Justice Sociale		Sheila Bunwaree	None
Parti Malin		Danrajsingh Aubeeluck	None
Parti Militan Travayer^[3]	PMT	Jack Bizlall	None
Rezistans ek Alternativ		Ashok Subron	None

Defunct and merged parties

	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Dissolved
Action Libérale (Liberal Democratic Party)	AL	Eugène Laurent, Anatole de Boucherville, Edouard Nairac	1907
All Mauritius Hindu Congress (Hindu Congress) ^[4]	AMHC	Ramlochun Nath Varma	1965^[5]
Comité d'Action Musulman	CAM	Abdool Razack Mohamed	1959^[6]
Comité d'Action Mauricien^[7]	CAM II	Shakeel Mohamed	2000
Democrat Party^[8]	DP	Onésipho Beaugard, Célicourt Antelme	1885
English Party^[9]	EP	Group of Protestants sponsored by Dalton Clifford Lloyd to oppose J.P. Hennessy	1885
Front National Mauricien^[10]	FNM	Anil Gayan, Atma Doolooa, Hassen Rojoa, Prakash Bheeroo, Ashley Hurrunghee, Vassen Kuppaymootoo	2009
Front des Travailleurs Socialiste	FTS	Sylvio Michel	1985
Groupement Curepipiens (Anti-PMSD)^[11]	GC	Edley Bergue	1982
Independent Forward Bloc	IFB	Sookdeo Bissoondoyal	1958
Jan Andolan	JA	Basdeo Bissoondoyal	1939
L'Entente Mauricienne^[12]	LEM	Jerôme Tranquille	1931
Mouvement Militant Mauricien Socialiste Progressiste	MMMSP	Dev Virahsawmy	1973
Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien	MMSM	Madan Dulloo	1995
Mouvement Patriotique Mauricien^[13]	MPM	Satcam Boolell	1982
Mouvement Républicain	MR	Rama Valayden	1996 ^[14]
Mouvement Travailliste Démocrate^[15]	MTD	Anil Bachoo	1987
Mouvement Travailleur Mauricien^[16]	MTM	Atma Doolooa	2006
National Socialist Workers Party^[17]	NSWP	Dr. Maurice Curé	August 1967
Parti Action Liberal	PAL	Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok	1991
Parti de l'Ordre (Oligarchy Party)	PDO	Henri Leclézio	1890
Parti Gaëtan Duval	PGD	Gaëtan Duval	1998
Parti Islamique Mauricien ^[18]	PIM	Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed	1982^[19]
Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval	PMXD	Xavier-Luc Duval	1998^[20]	2009
Parti du Peuple Mauricien^[21]	PPM	Anirood Gajadhur	1982
Parti Socialiste	PS	Anil Gayan	1990
Parti Socialiste Mauricien	PSM	Harish Boodhoo	1979 ^[22]	1983
Parti Socialiste Progressiste	PSP	Oumashunker Hawoldar	1976
Reformist Party^[23]	RP	William Newton	1885
Ralliement Mauricien	RM	Jules Koenig	1953	1965
Renouveau Militant Mauricien	RMM	Prem Nababsing, Jean Claude de l'Estrac	1994 ^[24]
Retrocessionist Party	RP	Edouard Laurent	1911
Rassemblement Pour la Réforme	RPR	Sheila Bappoo, Rama Sithanen, Alain Laridon	1996^[25]
Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauricien^[26]	RTM	Beergoonath Ghurburrun^[27]	1984
Union Démocratique Mauricienne	UDM	Maurice Lesage, Guy Ollivry	1969
Union Mauricienne	UM	Jean-Michel de Senneville	1998
Union Nationale	UN	Ashok Jugnauth		2014

Former alliances

Name	Leader	Parties	Elections participated	Founded	Dissolved	Colours
Independence Party	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	PTR/IFB/CAM	1976 general election, 1967 general election
Parti de l'Alliance Nationale	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	PTR/CAM/PMSD	1982 general election
Alliance MMM/PSM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MMM/MSP	1982 general election
MSM/Travailliste	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PTR	1983 general election
L'Union MMM/MTD/FFS	Prem Nababsing	MMM/MTD/FFS	1987 general election
Alliance MSM - Mauritius Labour Party	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PTR	1987 general election, By-Election 1989
Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMSD	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMSD	1991 general election
Alliance MSM-MMM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/MMM	1991 general election, By-Election 1992
Alliance PTr-MMM	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM	By-Election 1995, 1995 general election
Alliance MSM-RMM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/	By-Election 1995, 1995 general election
Federation MSM-MMM		MSM/MMM	By-Election 1999
Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMXD	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMXD	By-Election 1999, 2000 general election
Alliance MSM-MMM	Paul Berenger	MSM/MMM	2000 general election, By-Election 2003
Alliance Sociale	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMXD/VF/MR/MMSM	2005 general election			Red
Alliance MSM/MMM	Paul Berenger	MSM/MMM	2005 general election
Alliance MMM/UN/PMSD	Paul Berenger	MSM/UN/PMSD	By-Election 2009
Alliance de L'Avenir	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMSD/MSM	2010 general election	2010	6 June 2014	Blue, White and Red
Alliance du Coeur	Paul Berenger	MMM/UN/MMSD	2010 general election			Purple
Remake 2000	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MMM/MSM	None		24 April 2014	Purple and Orange
Alliance de l'unité et de la modernité	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM	2014 general election	2014	2014	Red and Purple
Alliance Lepep	Sir Anerood Jugnauth/Pravind Jughnauth	MSM/PMSD/ML	2014 general election	2014	2024	Orange, White and Blue
Alliance du Changement	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM/ND/REA	2024 general election	2024		Red, Purple, Blue and Yellow

Parties in Rodrigues

Political parties in Rodrigues island.

	Abbr.	Leader	Actual alliance
Front Patriotique Rodrigues	FPR	Johnson Roussety	None
Mouvement Rodriguais	MR	Gaëtan Jabeemissar	None
Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais	OPR	Serge Clair	None

References

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[1] "Results of 2005 National Assembly elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

[2] Stephen, Yvonne. "Parti Kreol Morisien : Le flou en attendant les précisions". 5 Plus. Retrieved 2019-04-22.

[3] "Results of 1991 elections". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-29.

[4] Selway, Joel Sawat (2015). Coalitions of the Well Being. Cambridge University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9781107103047.

[5] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[6] Moheeputh, Anand. "Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed's balance sheet". L'Express. Retrieved 2006-07-28.

[7] "Results of 2000 National Assembly elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

[8] Moheeputh, Anand. "Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005)". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[9] Moheeputh, Anand. "Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005)". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[10] "Il y a 9 ans ans, le 29 janvier 2009: Anil Gayan et Hassen Rojoa lancent un nouveau parti politique". L'Express. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

[11] Lismore, Paul. "The Hypocrisy of the MSM". Zinfos. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

[12] Moheeputh, Anand. "Gujadhur and Lallah: Shock waves (1926)". L'Express. Retrieved 2005-07-02.

[13] "Satcam Boolell immortalisé". lexpress.mu. L'Express. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[14] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[15] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[16] "Nouveau regard sur les castes à Maurice (05-February-2008)". L'Express. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[17] "La légende du Dr Maurice Curé - 4". L'Express. Retrieved 2007-05-01.

[18] Nohlen, Dieter (22 July 1999). Elections in Africa: Data Handbook. ISBN 9780198296454. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

[19] "Il y aura 30 ans le 12 Juin: Le premier 60-0". lemauricien.com. Le Mauricien. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

[20] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[21] "1989 By-Elections results". Office of Electoral Commissioner. Retrieved 2020-06-10.

[22] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[23] Moheeputh, Anand. "Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005)". L'Express. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

[24] "Il y a 23 ans, le 27 juin 1994: Création du Renouveau militant mauricien". L'Express. Retrieved 2017-06-27.

[25] "Sheila Bappoo: "L'éducation au respect de la femme commence dès l'enfance"". L'Express. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

[26] African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project. "Mauritius: Defunct parties". eisa.org.za. Retrieved 2010-05-15.

[27] Shillington, Kevin (1991). Jugnauth: Prime Minister of Mauritius. London: Macmillan. p. 148. ISBN 0-333-55224-5. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

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