1976 Mauritian general election
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General elections were held in
May 1975 Students protest riots
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The Mauritian Militant Movement won the most seats, but a coalition government was formed by the Independence Party (a coalition of the Labour Party, Muslim Committee of Action and Independent Forward Bloc) and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. Around 400 candidates representing thirty-one parties contested the election, but only three parties won seats.[2][3] Voter turnout was 88%.[4]
Electoral system
The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by the "best losers".[5]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cons | BL | Total | +/– | |||||
| Mauritian Militant Movement | 469,420 | 38.69 | 30 | 4 | 34 | New | ||
| Independence Party | 461,949 | 38.08 | 25 | 3 | 28 | –3 | ||
| Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate | 200,559 | 16.53 | 7 | 1 | 8 | –19 | ||
| Independent Forward Bloc | 26,902 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –12 | ||
| Mauritian Democratic Union | 12,505 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 9,807 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Rodrigues People's Organisation | 6,376 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement | 5,372 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Progressive Party of the South | 2,223 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Republican Centre Party | 1,636 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Labour Unity Liberals | 800 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius Muslim Democratic League | 266 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius People's Progressive Party | 249 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Party of Mauritius | 244 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius Muslim Rights | 236 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius United Party | 186 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Movement and the Mauritian Socialist Youth | 174 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| People's Democratic Party | 143 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Union of the General Population | 92 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 14,021 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 1,213,160 | 100.00 | 62 | 8 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 462,034 | – | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Mauritius: 1976 Legislative Assembly election results". EISA. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ^ Mauritius Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Mauritius: 1976 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
- ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
External links
- 1976 Mauritian election day British Pathe
