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1991 Mauritian general election

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1991 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 Navin Ramgoolam
Party MSMMMMMTD PTrMSDP
Leader's seat Piton & Riviere Du Rempart Pamplemousses and Triolet
Last election 52 seats 13 seats
Seats won 57 7
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 6
Popular vote 944,521 670,631
Percentage 55.36% 39.30%

Prime Minister before election

Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

General elections were held in Mauritius on 15 September 1991.[1] Three main parties gained seats in this election: the Militant Socialist Movement, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Labour Party. The MSM formed an alliance with the MMM and the Labour Party formed an alliance with the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD). On 17 September 1991, results showed that MSM-MMM won 57 out of 66 seats.[2] This gave 95% of seats to MSM-MMM leader Anerood Jugnauth and 5% to Labour Party-PMSD leader Navin Ramgoolam.

Campaign

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The main political parties taking part in the elections were the Militant Socialist Movement and Labour Party which were the current government, and the Mauritian Militant Movement which was the current opposition party. Earlier that year, Navin Ramgoolam[3] became the leader of the Labour Party. As a result, the MSM-Labour Party coalition broke down in February 1991 because Ramgoolam demanded that the deal between the parties should be reviewed and that the MSM leader, Anerood Jugnauth, should hold the office of Prime Minister for half of the term (two and a half years), with Ramgoolam serving out the remainder of the term. However, Jugnauth did not want to step aside in favour of Ramgoolam. Ramgoolam then announced that his party would contest the elections due September on its own.

Jugnauth proposed an electoral pact with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the party which Jugnauth himself had formerly led between 1976 and 1983, before the formation of the MSM. The two parties agreed that Anerood Jugnauth would remain Prime Minister for the full term of 5 years and that MMM leader Paul Bérenger would serve in his Cabinet. Bérenger later became Minister of External Affairs.[4]

During the term, Rama Sithanen, Sheila Bappoo and Daram Gockool defected from the MSM to the Mauritian Labour Party. The defections put the MSM under increasing strain, and Jugnauth came under pressure to hold general elections in 1995 rather than 1996, as constitutionally scheduled.

Results

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Party or allianceVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal+/–
MSMMMMMTDMilitant Socialist Movement944,52156.2929029–2
Mauritian Militant Movement26026+2
Democratic Labour Movement202+2
Total57057+2
PTRMSDPLabour Party670,63139.97336–3
Mauritian Social Democratic Party010–3
Total347–6
Rodrigues People's Grouping11,6460.690000
Liberal Action Party6,0530.36000New
Mauritian People's Party5,6960.340000
Hizbullah5,5500.33000New
Militant Workers Party2,1370.13000New
Socialist Movement of the South6860.040000
Communist Party of Mauritius3580.02000New
Mauritius Party Rights2430.01000New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius1910.010000
Mauritius United Party1600.010000
People's Democratic Party1210.01000New
Independents30,0051.790000
Total1,677,998100.0062466–4
Registered voters/turnout680,836
Source: Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al., African Elections Database

By constituency

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Constituency Elected MPs Party
1 Grand River North West–
Port Louis West
Ange Mathieu Laclé   MMM
Edouard Jérôme Boulle   MMM
Georges Alain Laridon   MMM
2 Port Louis South–
Port Louis Central
Ahmad Sulliman Jeewah   MMM
Azize Asgarally   MSM
Noël Lee Cheong Lem   MMM
3 Port Louis Maritime–
Port Louis East
Cassam Uteem   MMM
Osman Gendoo   MMM
Bashir Ahmud Khodabux   MMM
4 Port Louis North–
Montagne Longue
Parmanund Brizmohun   MSM
José Arunasalom   MMM
Claude Raymond Genevieve   MSM
5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Navin Ramgoolam   Labour
Jyaneshwur Jhurry   MSM
Premdut Koonjoo   MSM
6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Dharmanand Goopt Fokeer   MMM
Madan Dulloo   MMM
Armoogum Parsooraman   MSM
Gaëtan Duval (best loser)   PMSD
7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Anerood Jugnauth   MSM
Dwarkanath Gungah   MSM
Mahyendrah Utchanah   MSM
8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Ashok Jugnauth   MSM
Sutyadeo Moutia   MSM
Retnon Pyneeandee   MSM
9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Anil Bachoo MTD
Rajnarain Guttee   MSM
Roodrashen Neewoor   MSM
10 Montagne Blanche–
Grand River South East
Ramduthsing Jaddoo   MSM
Jagdishwar Goburdhun   MSM
Mohammud Zeelannee Peerun   MMM
11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Arvin Boolell   Labour
Satish Dayal   MSM
Subhas Chandra Lallah   MMM
12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Vasant Bunwaree   Labour
Ivan Collendavelloo   MMM
Mookhesswur Choonee   MSM
13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Hurreeprem Aumeer   MMM
Prem Nababsing   MMM
Swalay Kasenally   MMM
14 Savanne–Black River Alan Ganoo   MMM
Germain Comarmond   MSM
Sooroojdev Phokeer   MSM
15 La Caverne–Phoenix Louis Steven Obeegadoo   MMM
Iswurdeo Seetaram   MSM
Showkutally Soodhun   MSM
Razack Peeroo (best loser)   Labour
16 Vacoas–Floreal Sheilabai Bappoo   MSM
Dharambeer Gokhool   MSM
Karl Offmann   MSM
17 Curepipe–Midlands Louis Amédée Darga   MMM
Maxime Sauzier   MSM
Sanjit Kumar Teelock MTD
Clarel Desiré Malherbe (best loser)   Labour
18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Kailash Ruhee   MMM
Rama Sithanen   MSM
Michael Glover   MSM
19 Stanley–Rose Hill Jayen Cuttaree   MMM
Jean–Claude De L'Estrac   MMM
Paul Bérenger   MMM
Siddick Chady (best loser)   Labour
20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Rajesh Bhagwan   MMM
Joceline Minerve   MMM
Jean Régis Finette   MSM
21 Rodrigues Serge Clair   OPR
Joseph Jolicoeur   OPR
Source: Government of Mauritius

References

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  1. ^ Mauritius: 1991 National Assembly election results EISA
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  3. ^ Dr Ramgoolam Navinchandra, GCSK, FRCP Government of Mauritius
  4. ^ Bérenger Paul Raymond, GCSK Government of Mauritius