2005 Mauritian general election

2005 Mauritian general election

3 July 2005 (2005-07-03)
All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
First party Second party   Leader Navin Ramgoolam Paul Berenger Party Labour Party MMM Seats won 38 22 Popular vote 948,756 831,738 Percentage 48.38% 42.41%
Prime Minister before election Paul Berenger MMM Subsequent Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam Labour Party

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 two were 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."

Electoral system

The National Assembly consisted of 60 members elected from three-seat constituencies in mainland Mauritius by multiple non-transferable vote, two members elected from a two-seat constituency (the island of Rodrigues) by the same systenm, and up to eight "best loser" seats appointed to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented.

Results

The total number of votes is higher than the population because voters could cast up to three votes.

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