1982 Mauritian general election

1982 Mauritian general election

11 June 1982 (1982-06-11)
All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
First party Second party   Leader Anerood Jugnauth Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Party MMM Labour Party Alliance MMM/PSM Last election 34 seats 28 seats Seats won 42 2 Seat change 8 26 Popular vote 906,800 357,385 Percentage 63.0% 24.8% Swing 22.1pp 16.9pp
Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
Prime Minister before election Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party Subsequent Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth MMM

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 landslide 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]

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam received funding from the CIA during the election.[5]

Results

Of the 60 seats won by the MMM–PSM alliance, 42 were taken by the MMM and 18 by the MSP.

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Cons	BL	Total	+/–
	MMM–PSM		Mauritian Militant Movement	906,800	63.02	42	0	42	+6
			Parti Socialiste Mauricien			18	0	18	New
		Total				60	0	60	+26
	National Alliance Party[a]		Labour Party	357,385	24.84	0	2	2	–26
			Muslim Committee of Action			0	0	0	0
		Total				0	2	2	–26
	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate			120,214	8.36	0	2	2	–6
	Rodrigues People's Organisation			16,129	1.12	2	0	2	+2
	Mauritian Islamic Party			9,334	0.65	0	0	0	New
	Independent Forward Bloc			6,134	0.43	0	0	0	0
	Mauritian Democratic Union			1,558	0.11	0	0	0	0
	National Liberation Front			1,325	0.09	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius National Party			1,285	0.09	0	0	0	New
	Liberal Movement of the North			910	0.06	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius Young Labour Movement			523	0.04	0	0	0	New
	Republican Centre Party			454	0.03	0	0	0	0
	Independent Democratic Movement			334	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Socialist Zenes			265	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Mauritian Radical Movement			255	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Organisation of Mauritian People			189	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius–Hindu Progressive Movement			118	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Mauritian Socialist Congress			115	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Dhravediennes United Party			96	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Independents			15,393	1.07	0	0	0	0
Total				1,438,816	100.00	62	4	66	–4
Source: Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al.

1. Alliance of the Labour Party, Muslim Committee of Action and dissidents from the Mauritian Social Democrat Party.

By constituency

Constituency		Elected MPs	Party
1	Grand River North West– Port Louis West	Ange Mathieu Laclé		MMM
		Edouard Jérôme Boulle		MMM
		Rajnee Dyalah		MMM
2	Port Louis South– Port Louis Central	Kader Bhayat		MMM
		Vijay Padaruth		PSM
		Noël Lee Cheong Lem		MMM
3	Port Louis Maritime– Port Louis East	Osman Gendoo		MMM
		Cassam Uteem		MMM
		Bashir Khodabux		MMM
4	Port Louis North– Montagne Longue	Shree Krisna Baligadoo		MMM
		Jankeeparsad Nundalalee		PSM
		Sylvio Michel		MMM
5	Pamplemousses–Triolet	Dinesh Ramjuttun		PSM
		Premdut Koonjoo		MMM
		Diwakur Bundhun		MMM
6	Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or	Madan Dulloo		MMM
		Dharmanand Goopt Fokeer		MMM
		Armoogum Parsooraman		PSM
7	Piton–Riviere du Rempart	Anerood Jugnauth		MMM
		Dharam Gokhool		MMM
		Mahyendrah Utchanah		MMM
8	Quartier Militaire–Moka	Vinod Goodoory		PSM
		Ramchandra Poonoosamy		MMM
		Rashidally Soobadar		PSM
9	Flacq–Bon Accueil	Ajay Daby		PSM
		Ravindranath Lochun		MMM
		Dwarkanath Gungah		MMM
10	Montagne Blanche– Grand River South East	Jagdishwar Goburdhun		MMM
		Ramduthsingh Jaddoo		MMM
		Azize Asgarally		MMM
11	Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle	Radha Gungoosingh		PSM
		Anandisswar Choolun		PSM
		Nemchand Raj Molaye		MMM
12	Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien	Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok		MMM
		Suresh Chandra Poonith		MMM
		Jocelyn Seenyen		PSM
13	Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac	Harish Boodhoo		PSM
		Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo		MMM
		Swalay Kasenally		MMM
14	Savanne–Black River	Alan Ganoo		MMM
		Kishore Deerpalsing		PSM
		Arianne Navarre-Marie		MMM
15	La Caverne–Phoenix	Uttam Jawaheer		PSM
		Satteeanund Peerthum		MMM
		Sahid Maudarbocus		MMM
		Marie-France Roussety (best loser)		Labour
16	Vacoas–Floreal	Rohit Beedassy		PSM
		France Canabady		MMM
		Babooram Mahadoo		PSM
17	Curepipe–Midlands	Anil Gayan		MMM
		Louis Percy La France		MMM
		Karl Offmann		PSM
18	Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes	Paul Bérenger		MMM
		Kailash Ruhee		PSM
		Devanand Rottoo		MMM
		Michael Glover (best loser)		Labour
19	Stanley–Rose Hill	Jayen Cuttaree		MMM
		Jean–Claude de L'Estrac		MMM
		Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra		MMM
20	Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere	Jean Régis Finette		MMM
		Subash Ramdahen		PSM
		Finlay Salesse		MMM
21	Rodrigues	France Félicité		OPR
		Serge Clair		OPR
		Gaëtan Duval (best loser)		PMSD
		Nicol François (best loser)		PMSD
Source: Government of Mauritius, (candidate affiliations) Bold indicates reelected incumbent MP.

References

1. Mauritius: General election of June 1982 EISA
2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
3. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
4. Mauritius: 1982 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
5. Levin, Dov H. (19 September 2016). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942.