Mauritius: 2005 National Assembly elections results overview

Updated May 2010

The elections took place on July 3, 2005 and the voter turnout was 81.5% of 817 305 registered voters (Kasenally 2009, 288).

Up to eight seats can be 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 (see Elklit, J 2005 Electoral system for Parliament in Mauritius for details). In 2005 all eight were allocated.

Coalitions

Alliance Sociale, led by Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, was a coalition of the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP/PTr), Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricienne (MMSM), Mouvement Socialiste Démocrate (MSD and Parti Mauricien Xavier Duval (PMXD).
Alliance MSM/MMM, led by the Leader of the Opposition Paul Bérenger was a coalition of the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM), Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien (MSM) and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD).

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
Alliance Sociale 48.8 38 4 42 60.0
MSM/MMM 42.6 22 2 24 34.3
Others 8.6 2 2 4 5.7
Total 100.00 62 8 70 100.00

Table sources

Elctoral Commissioner's Office 2005a & 2005b; Kadima & Kasenally 2006, 8.

References

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

ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 2005a "The National Assembly Elections held on 3 July 2005", [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem.37ba32a3c4783128d6c8662948a521ca/ ?content_id=ec2b9dbfa1158010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD [opens new window].

ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 2005b "The National Assembly Elections held on 3 July 2005: Additional Seats allocated", [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem.37ba32a3c4783128d6c8662948a521ca/ ?content_id=c32b9dbfa1158010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD [opens new window].

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.