Mauritius: 2000 National Assembly elections results
Updated May 2007
The election took place on 11 September 2000.
Up to eight seats, in addition to those contested in the multimember constituency contests, are allocated to "best losers" by the Electoral Supervisory Commission "[i]n order to ensure a fair and adequate representation of each community", in terms of Section 38 of the Constitution of 1968.
According to Lodge et al (2002, 173-174) voting statistics were:
Registered voters: 779 431
Turnout: 80.87%
Electoral alliances and parties
MSM/MMM was mainly an alliance of Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) (Kadima 2000).
PTr/PMXD was an alliance of the Labour Party (LP or PTr) and Parti Mauricien Xavier Duval (PMXD) (Kadima 2000).
OPR = Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues.
MR = Mouvement Rodriguais.
Results overview
| Seats | Seats per party | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSM/ MMM |
PTr/ PMXD |
OPR | MR | ||
| Constituency seats | 54 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| Best loser seats | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 58 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 70 |
Table sources
Electoral Commissioner's Office 2000a & 2006.
References
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS 1968, [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/AssemblySite/menuitem.ee3d58b2c32c60451251701065c521ca/ [opens new window] (accessed 24 Oct 2007).
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 2000a "Elected Members of the National Assembly Election held On 11 September 2000", [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem.37ba32a3c4783128d6c8662948a521ca/ ?content_id=582b9dbfa1158010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD [opens new window] (accessed 24 Oct 2007).
ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 2000b "The National Assembly Elections held on 11 September 2000: Additional Seats allocated, according to the relevant legislation", [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem.37ba32a3c4783128d6c8662948a521ca/ ?content_id=3f1b9dbfa1158010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD [opens new window] (accessed 24 Oct 2007).
KADIMA, D 2000 Political Campaigns: The Main Political Parties and Alliances IN Mauritius: Parliamentary elections 2000 - A report, EISA.
LODGE, T, KADIMA, D & POTTIE, D (eds) 2002 Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa, EISA.