1967 Mauritian general election

1967 Mauritian general election

7 August 1967 (1967-08-07)
All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
First party Second party   PMSD Leader Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Gaëtan Duval Party Labour Party PMSD Alliance Independence Party Last election 30 seats 34 seats Seats won 43 27 Seat change 13 19 Popular vote 444,737 354,193 Percentage 54.66% 43.53%
Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
Chief Minister before election Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party Subsequent Chief Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party

General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. Ethnic violence broke out in Port Louis between Muslims, Creoles and Chinese. Anti-riot police used tear gas to restore peace.

The result was a victory for the Independence Party, an alliance of the Labour Party, Independent Forward Bloc and Comité d'Action Musulman, which won 43 of the 70 seats, allowing Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to form a government. Voter turnout was 89%.

Electoral system

The voting system created twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by a system known as "best losers" whereby the electoral commission would appoint eight unsuccessful candidates to ensure that ethnic minorities were fairly represented.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Cons	BL	Total	+/–
	Independence Party	444,737	54.66	39	4	43	+13
	Mauritian Social Democrat Party	354,193	43.53	23	4	27	+19
	All Mauritius Hindu Congress	7,056	0.87	0	0	0	New
	National Socialist Workers Party	1,238	0.15	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius Liberation Front	843	0.10	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius Workers Party	501	0.06	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius Young Communist League	452	0.06	0	0	0	New
	Rodrigues Party	232	0.03	0	0	0	New
	Independents	4,425	0.54	0	0	0	New
Total		813,677	100.00	62	8	70	+30
Total votes		273,557	–
Registered voters/turnout		307,683	88.91
Source: Electoral Commission, EISA

The Independence Party consisted of the Labour Party (26 seats), the Independent Forward Bloc (12 seats) and the Muslim Committee of Action (5 seats).