Mauritian general election, 1983

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General elections were held in Mauritius on 21 August 1983. The result was a victory for an alliance of the Labour Party, the Mauritian Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party, which between them won 46 seats.[1]

The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and up to eight seats were filled by the "best losers".[2] Voter turnout was 81.1%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Constituency Best-loser Total
Mauritian Militant Movement 629,528 45.6 19 3 22 -20
Labour Party-MSM 575,996 41.7 41 5 46 +24
Mauritian Social Democrat Party 140,864 10.2
Rodrigues People's Organisation 15,981 1.2 2 0 2 0
Lalit 3,116 0.2 0 0 0 New
Independent Mauritian Front 2,637 0.2 0 0 0 New
Progressive Labour Party 2,143 0.2 0 0 0 New
Mauritian Democratic Movement 1,036 0.1 0 0 0 New
Mauritian Grouping 735 0.1 0 0 0 New
Communist Party of Mauritius 704 0.1 0 0 0 New
Liberal Movement of the North 572 0.1 0 0 0 0
Progressive Movement 426 0.0 0 0 0 New
Mauritian People's Party 358 0.0 0 0 0 New
Socialist Grouping of the South 241 0.0 0 0 0 New
Mauritian Muslim Rights 156 0.0 0 0 0 New
Independents 6,658 0.5 0 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 5,543 - - - - -
Total 470,008* 100 62 8 70 +4
Source: Nohlen et al

* Total number of voters (voters could cast more than one vote).

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0198296452
  2. ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
  3. ^ Mauritius: 1983 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
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