Mauritius: Parties unrepresented in 2005 Parliament
Updated July 2006
The following parties contested the 2005 elections, but failed to win seats in the National Assembly. Parties are ordered by number of candidates fielded, date of founding and alphabetically. For the number of candidates fielded by each party see Bertha Chiroro, B 2005, 3.
| Party | Coalition | Leaders | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouvement Républicain (MR) Republican Movement |
Alliance Sociale | Rama Valayden | 1996 |
| Les Vertes Fraternels The Fraternal Greens |
Alliance Sociale | Louis Sylvio Michel | c2002 |
| Front Solidarité Mauricienne (FSM) Mauritian Solidarity Front Formerly: Hizbullah National Party |
Mohammad (Cehl) Fakeer Meeah | 1991 | |
| Parti du Peuple Mauricien (PPM) Mauritian Peoples' Party |
Anirood Gujadhur | c1983 | |
| Lalit | Ram Seegobin | 1982 | |
| Front Populaire Musulman (FPM) Popular Muslim Front |
c1995 | ||
| Mouvement Démocratique National Raj Dayal (MDN Raj Dayal) Raj Dayal National Democratic Movement |
Raj Dayal | before 2000 | |
| Rezistans ek Alternativ | Devianand Narrain? | ||
| Party Malin | Danransingh Aubeeluck | ||
| Mouvement Socialiste Indépendent (MSI) Independent Socialist Movement |
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| Tamil Council | Devarajen Kanaksabee | c2005 | |
| Groupe de Cinq | Jean Robert Gerard Clarisse | c2005 | |
| Mouvement Démocratique Mauricien (MDM) Mauritian Democratic Movement |
c1995 | ||
| Mouvement Travailleurs Mauriciens Mauritian Workers' Movement |
c1995 | ||
| Mouvement Authentique Mauricien (MAM) | L'Alliance Pour La Justice (APJ) | Eliézer François | c2000 |
| Mouvement Libération Militant (MLM) Militant Liberation Movement |
L'Alliance Pour La Justice (APJ) | Maulana Adam Sahodeea | |
| Majority Party/Partie de la Majorité | 2005 | ||
| Comité d'Action Musulman Mauricien (CAMM) Mauritian Committee for Muslim Action |
Sir Abdul Razak Mohammed | February 1959 | |
| Mouvement National Mauricien (MNM) Mauritian National Movement |
Louis Serge Antoine | 5 May 2000 | |
| Conservative Party | |||
| Démocratie Union Socialist Mauricien (DUSM) Mauritian Democratic Socialist Union |
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| Ekta Party Unity Party |
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| Mouvement Populaire Lendroit Lendoit Popular Movement |
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| Union Mauricienne Mauritian Union |
Jean-Michel de Senneville | c2000 | |
| Rassemblement Socialiste Mauricien (RSM) Mauritian Socialist Rally |
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| Independent Forward Block (IFB) | Sookdeo Bissoondoyal | 1959 | |
| Démocratie Mauricienne | c1995 | ||
| Front Progressive du Peuple Rodriguais (FPPR) Front Progressiste du Peuple Rodriguaais? Rodrigues Peoples' Progressive Front |
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| Mauritius Party Rights | c1991 | ||
| Mouvement Solidarité Travailleur Mauricien Rodrigues Agalega (MSTMRA) | |||
| Mouvement Travailliste Socialiste (MTS) Socialist Labour Movement |
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| Patriotic Reformist Organisation (PRO) | |||
| Ralliement des Rodriguais Responsables (RRR) Responsible Rodrigian Rally |
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| Rassemblement des Travailleurs Sociaux Workers' Social Rally |
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| Top Dhamaka Vrai Rouge | |||
| Union Patriots Illois Mauricien |
Sources
BUNWAREE, S & KASENALLY, R 2005, Political Parties and Democracy in Mauritius [PDF document], EISA.
CHIRORO, B 2005, "Registration of Political Parties in the Mauritius 2005 Election" IN Election Talk [PDF document], 23, June 24 2005, EISA, 2-4.
EISA 2005, EISA Election Update: Mauritius 2005 [PDF document], 1.
EISA 2005, EISA Election Update: Mauritius 2005 [PDF document], 2.
KADIMA, D & KASENALLY, R 2006, "The Formation, Collapse and Revival of Political Party Coalitions in Mauritius" IN The Politics of Party Coalitions in Africa, EISA.
KRENNERICH, M 1999, "Mauritius" IN Nohlen, H (ed), Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook, OUP, 1999, 603-613.
LODGE, T, KADIMA, D & POTTIE, D 2002, Compendium of elections in Southern Africa, EISA, 163-174.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF MAURITIUS UNDATED, The Citizen's Charter of the National Assembly of Mauritius, 3-4, [www] http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/Citizen's%20Charter-%20NA.pdf [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 24 Oct 2007).
NUNLEY, AC 2005, "Elections in Mauritius" IN African Elections Database, [www] http://africanelections.tripod.com/mu.html [opens new window] (accessed 24 Oct 2007).