Mauritian general election, 1982

6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)

All 60 seats in the National Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Party	MMM	Labour Party
Alliance	MMM/PSM
Leader since	1976	1961
Leader's seat	Piton & Riviere Du Rempart	Pamplemousses and Triolet
Last election	34 seats	28 seats
Seats before	34	28
Seats won	42	2
Seat change	8	26
Popular vote	906,800	357,385
Percentage	63.0%	24.8%
Swing	22.1%	16.9%

Prime Minister before election

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Labour Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Sir Anerood Jugnauth
MMM

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General elections were held in Mauritius on 11 June 1982. 360 candidates representing 22 parties contested the election,^[1] the result of which was a victory for the Mauritian Militant Movement-Mauritian Socialist Party alliance, which won all 60 of the directly elected mainland seats.^[2]

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",^[3] although following this election, only four "best loser" seats were awarded. Voter turnout was 87.3%.^[4]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats			+/-
Party	Votes	%	Constituency	Best-loser	Total	+/-
Mauritian Militant Movement	906,800	63.0	60	0	42	+8
Mauritian Socialist Party	906,800	63.0	60	0	18	New
National Alliance Party*	357,385	24.8	0	2	2	-26
Mauritian Social Democrat Party	120,412	8.4	0	2	2	-6
Rodrigues People's Organisation	16,129	1.1	2	0	2	+2
Mauritian Islamic Party	9,334	0.6	0	0	0	New
Independent Forward Bloc	6,134	0.4	0	0	0	0
Mauritian Democratic Union	1,558	0.1	0	0	0	0
National Liberation Front	1,352	0.1	0	0	0	New
Liberal Movement of the North	910	0.1	0	0	0	New
Mauritius Young Labour Movement	523	0.0	0	0	0	New
Republican Centre Party	454	0.0	0	0	0	0
Independent Democratic Movement	334	0.0	0	0	0	New
Socialist Zenes	265	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Radical Movement	255	0.0	0	0	0	New
Organisation of Mauritian People	189	0.0	0	0	0	New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius-Hindu Progressive Movement	118	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Socialist Congress	115	0.0	0	0	0	New
Dhravediennes United Party	96	0.0	0	0	0	New
Independents	15,393	1.1	0	0	0	0
Total	1,438,816	100	62	6	66	-4
Source: Nohlen et al.

* The National Alliance Party was an alliance of Labour Party, the Muslim Committee of Action and dissidents from the Mauritian Social Democrat Party.

References

↑ Mauritius: General election of June 1982 EISA
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
↑ Mauritius: 1982 Legislative Assembly election results EISA

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