Mauritius: 2000 National Assembly elections results

Updated May 2010

The election took place on 11 September 2000. There were 780 031 voters registered and the turnout was 80.9% (Kasenally 2009, 288).

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.

Electoral alliances

MSM/MMM was mainly an alliance of Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) (Kadima 2000).
MLP/PMXD was an alliance of the Mauritius Labour Party (LP or PTr) and Parti Mauricien Xavier Duval (PMXD) (Kadima 2000).

Results overview

Note on "others" The two elective seats went to the Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues (OPR), while the two "best loser" seats were allocated to the Mouvement Rodriguais (MR).

Alliance/Party	% votes	Elected seats	Best loser seats	Total seats	% seats
MSM/MMM	52.30	54	4	58	82.86
MLP/PMXD	36.95	6	2	8	11.43
Others	10.75	2	2	4	5.71
Total	100.00	62	8	70	100.00

Table sources

Electoral Commissioner's Office 2000a & 2006; Kadima & Kasenally 2006, 82.

References

CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS 1968, [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/AssemblySite/menuitem.ee3d58b2c32c60451251701065c521ca/ [opens new window] (accessed 22 Feb 2010).

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 22 Feb 2010).

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 22 Feb 2010).

KADIMA, D 2000 Political Campaigns: The Main Political Parties and Alliances IN Mauritius: Parliamentary elections 2000 - An EISA report, EISA.

KADIMA, D & KASENALLY, R 2006 "The formation, Collapse and Revival of Political Party Coalitions in Mauritius: Ethnic Logic and Calculation at Play" IN Kadima, D (ed) The Politics of Party Coalitions in Africa, 73-109, Johannesburg, EISA/KAS.

KASENALLY, R 2009 "Chapter 8: Mauritius" IN Denis Kadima and Susan Booysen (eds) Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg.