2005 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 3 July 2005, with votes counted on 4 July.
The Alliance Sociale , a coalition led by the Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) and including the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (MSN), Les Verts (Greens), the Republican Movement , and the Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (MMSM), won the election with 42 of the 70 seats (38 elected directly, and another 4 nominated under the country's "best loser" system). The PTr leader, Navin Ramgoolam , was subsequently appointed Prime Minister on 5 July, with Rashid Beebeejaun as his deputy. Three other coalition leaders were elected, but the Les Verts leader failed to oust outgoing Prime Minister Paul Bérenger from his constituency.
24 seats were won by Bérenger's coalition, consisting of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM); of these, 22 were directly elected and 2 nominated as "best losers". Pravind Jugnauth , the MSM leader, lost his seat to an Alliance Sociale candidate.
The two seats reserved for the island of Rodrigues were won by the Rodrigues Movement (OPR); another 2 OPR members were appointed as "best losers."
Eight of the 70 seats are allocated to "best losers," appointed to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented.
Results
The total number of votes is higher than the population because Mauritians get to vote for up to 3 times in a single election.[ 1]
Party Votes % Seats Cons BL Total Alliance Sociale (PTR –PMXD –LVF –MR –MMSM )948,756 48.38 38 4 42 MSM/MMM (MMM –MSM –PMSD )831,738 42.41 22 2 24 Mauritian Solidarity Front 37,472 1.91 0 0 0 Rodrigues People's Organisation 20,293 1.03 2 0 2 Rodrigues Movement 19,547 1.00 0 2 2 National Democratic Movement Raj Dayal 18,467 0.94 0 0 0 Lalit 13,726 0.70 0 0 0 Mauritian People's Party 7,919 0.40 0 0 0 Muslim People's Front 4,218 0.22 0 0 0 Rezistans ek Alternativ 2,964 0.15 0 0 0 Alliance For Justice 2,548 0.13 0 0 0 Tamil Council 1,980 0.10 0 0 0 Group of Five 1,547 0.08 0 0 0 Independent Socialist Movement 1,337 0.07 0 0 0 Independent Forward Bloc 1,217 0.06 0 0 0 Mauritian Union 1,066 0.05 0 0 0 Rally of Social Workers 1,059 0.05 0 0 0 Parti Malin 959 0.05 0 0 0 Majority Party 875 0.04 0 0 0 Popular Place Movement 733 0.04 0 0 0 Union Patriots Ilois Mauricien 643 0.03 0 0 0 Mauritian National Movement 580 0.03 0 0 0 Mauritian Democratic Movement 572 0.03 0 0 0 Mauritian Workers' Movement 472 0.02 0 0 0 Conservative Party 426 0.02 0 0 0 Democratie Union Socialist Mauricien 267 0.01 0 0 0 Ekta Party 171 0.01 0 0 0 Mauritian Muslim Action Committee 158 0.01 0 0 0 Mauritian Democracy 135 0.01 0 0 0 Mauritian Socialist Rally 133 0.01 0 0 0 Patriotic Reformist Organisation 132 0.01 0 0 0 Mauritian Worker Solidarity Movement Rodrigues Agalega 125 0.01 0 0 0 Rallying Responsible Rodriguans 97 0.00 0 0 0 Top Dhamaka Vrai Rouge 88 0.00 0 0 0 Rodriguan People's Progressive Front 87 0.00 0 0 0 Socialist Labour Movement 71 0.00 0 0 0 Mauritius Party Rights 51 0.00 0 0 0 Independents 38,487 1.96 0 0 0 Total 1,961,116 100.00 62 8 70 Total votes 666,301 – Registered voters/turnout 817,305 81.52 Source: Electoral Commission , African Elections Database
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