1982 Mauritian general election

1982 Mauritian general election

11 June 1982 (1982-06-11)
All 60 seats in the National Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
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
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, 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.

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", although following this election, only four "best loser" seats were awarded. Voter turnout was 87.3%.

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam received funding from the CIA during the election.

Results

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Cons	BL	Total	+/–
	Mauritian Militant Movement–Mauritian Socialist Party	906,800	63.02	60	0	60	+26
	National Alliance Party	357,385	24.84	0	2	2	–26
	Mauritian Social Democrat Party	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.