Mauritius: Defunct and inactive parties

Updated July 2006

Parties ordered by date of founding. This list is not comprehensive.

Party Remarks
All Mauritian Hindu Congress All Mauritius Hindu Congress Founded 1965
Parti Socialiste Mauricien (PSM)
Mauritian Socialist Party
Leader: Harish Boodhoo
Formed in the late 70's as a breakaway from the LP it merged with the Mouvement Socialiste Millitant in May 1983 (see below) to form the Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien.
Mouvement Socialiste Millitant (PSM)
Militant socialist Movement
Formed in April 1983 as a breakaway from the ruling MMM, in May it merged with the PSM (se above) to form the Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien.
Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauricien (RTM)
Mauritian Workers' Rally
Formed 1984 as a breakaway from the Labour Party
Front des Travailleurs Socialiste (FTS)
Workers' Socialist Front
Founded before 1987
Mouvement Travailliste Démocrat (MTD)
Democratic Labour Movement
Leader: Anil Kumar Bachoo
Founded c1987
Parti Gaëtan Duval (PGD)
Gaëtan Duval Party
Founded before 1991
Renouveau Militant Mauricien (RMM)
Sometimes: Rassemblement Militant Mauricien
Leader: Dr Prem Nababsing
Founded 1993, absorbed into the MSM
Rassemblement Pour la Réforme (RPR)
Rally for Reform
Leaders: Shilabai Bappoo, Rowed Sithanen
Founded 1996

Sources

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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).