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1983 Mauritian general election

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1983 Mauritian general election

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All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Anerood Jugnauth Paul Berenger
Party MSMPTRPMSD MMM
Last election 4 seats 42 seats
Seats won 46 22
Seat change Increase 42 Decrease 20
Popular vote 716,860 629,536
Percentage 51.90% 45.58%

Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes

Prime Minister before election

Anerood Jugnauth
MMM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

General elections were held in Mauritius on 21 August 1983. The result was a victory for an alliance of the Militant Socialist Movement, the Labour Party and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate, which between them won 46 seats.[1] The Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won 32 seats, whilst the Labour Party secured nine seats and PMSD five. This alliance allowed Jugnauth to continue as Prime Minister while bringing Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Gaetan Duval back into the government after their severe defeat in the 1982 elections. Shortly after, Ramgoolam was appointed as Governor General, Duval became Deputy Prime Minister and Satcam Boolell (new leader of the labour Party) became Minister of Foreign Affairs. Voter turnout was 85%.

The Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) suffered after the departure of Anerood Jugnauth (who resigned as Leader of the MMM in 1983 to form the MSM) and the Mauritian Socialist Party (the MMM's coalition party since 1982) from the government. The party's leader, Paul Berenger, was not popularly elected in his own constituency. However, under the Best Loser System, he secured his seat through the representational system. Berenger was afterwards appointed as Leader of the Opposition, a post he held until 1987.

Electoral system

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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".[2]

Results

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal+/–
Mauritian Militant Movement629,52845.5819322–20
MSMPTRMilitant Socialist Movement575,99641.7030232New
Labour Party729+7
Total37441
Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate140,86410.20415
Rodrigues People's Organisation15,9811.162020
Lalit3,1160.23000New
Independent Mauritian Front2,6370.19000New
Progressive Labour Party2,1430.16000New
Mauritian Democratic Movement1,0360.08000New
Mauritian Grouping7350.05000New
Communist Party of Mauritius7040.05000New
Liberal Movement of the North5720.040000
Progressive Movement4260.03000New
Mauritian People's Party3580.03000New
Socialist Grouping of the South2410.02000New
Mauritian Muslim Rights1560.01000New
Independents6,6580.480000
Total1,381,151100.0062870+4
Valid votes464,46598.82
Invalid/blank votes5,5431.18
Total votes470,008100.00
Registered voters/turnout551,70885.19
Source: Electoral Commission, African Elections Database, Nohlen et al.

By constituency

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Constituency Elected MPs Party
1 Grand River North West–
Port Louis West
Mathieu Ange Laclé   MMM
Edouard Jérôme Boulle   MMM
Rajnee Dyalah   MMM
2 Port Louis South–
Port Louis Central
Noël Lee Cheong Lem   MMM
Khalid Tegally   MMM
Subhas Chandra Lallah   MMM
Kamil Ramoly (best loser)   Labour
3 Port Louis Maritime–
Port Louis East
Bashir Khodabux   MMM
Osman Gendoo   MMM
Cassam Uteem   MMM
Ismaël Nawoor (best loser)   Labour
4 Port Louis North–
Montagne Longue
Shree Krisna Baligadoo   MMM
José Arunasalom   MMM
Dinesh Mundil   MMM
Sylvio Michel (best loser)   MSM
Georgy Candahoo (best loser)   MSM
5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Beergoonath Ghurburrun   Labour
Diwakur Bundhun   MSM
Dinesh Ramjuttun   MSM
6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Armoogum Parsooraman   MSM
Sattyanand Pelladoah   Labour
Madan Dulloo   MSM
7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Dwarkanath Gungah   MSM
Anerood Jugnauth   MSM
Mahyendrah Utchanah   MSM
8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Kadress Pillay   MSM
Vinod Goodoory   MSM
Rashidally Soobadar   MSM
9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Dev Kim Currun   Labour
Ajay Daby   MSM
Iswurdeo Seetaram   MSM
10 Montagne Blanche–
Grand River South East
Satcam Boolell   Labour
Kader Bhayat   MSM
Jagdishwar Goburdhun   MSM
11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Anandisswar Choolun   MSM
Nemchand Raj Molaye   MSM
Radha Gungoosingh   MSM
12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok   MSM
Serge Thomas   Labour
Suresh Chandra Poonith   MSM
13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo   MSM
Ambah Chinien   MSM
Harish Boodhoo   MSM
14 Savanne–Black River Sheilabai Bappoo   MSM
Kishore Deerpalsing   MSM
Roger Gaëtan Gungurum   MSM
15 La Caverne–Phoenix Uttam Jawaheer   MMM
Sahid Maudarbocus   MMM
Yousuf Mohamed   Labour
16 Vacoas–Floreal Karl Offmann   MSM
Babooram Mahadoo   MSM
Rohit Beedassy   MSM
France Canabady (best loser)   MMM
17 Curepipe–Midlands Gaëtan Duval   PMSD
Marc Hein   PMSD
Kailash Purryag   PMSD
18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Michael Glover   Labour
Anil Gayan   MSM
Dev Virahsawmy   MSM
Paul Bérenger (best loser)   MMM
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
Hervé Duval   PMSD
Rajesh Bhagwan   MMM
Joceline Minerve (best loser)   MMM
Marie Ghiselaine Henry (best loser)   PMSD
21 Rodrigues France Félicité   OPR
Serge Clair   OPR
Source: Electoral Commission

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA