Militant Socialist Movement

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Militant Socialist Movement
Mouvement Socialiste Militant
National affiliation
  • MMM (2000–2005)
  • PSM
  • MSDP
ColoursOrange
Seats in the National Assembly
37 / 69
Seats in City and Town Councils
60 / 120
Website
http://www.msmparty.com/

The Militant Socialist Movement (

National Assembly of Mauritius, having won 42 of the 69 seats in the 2019 general elections
. It also holds the largest number of seats in all city/town councils through the country with 60 councillors out of 120.

The MSM is one of the

Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD). The MSMS is the only political party in the history of Mauritius to be formed when its office holders were in government, in sharp contrast to all other parties which were either founded in opposition or before acceding to power.[1][2]

Party history

The Militant Socialist Movement emerged in 1983 out of the split between the leaders of the two main parties comprising the coalition government: the MMM founder

Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam in the Netherlands after 20 kg of heroin were found in Pelladoah's suitcase.[4] The MSM won the 1987 election with the same partners, and the 1991 election
in a coalition with the MMM.

The coalition with the MMM turned out to be only a temporary rapprochement. In the leadup to the election expected to be held in 1996, the MMM left the government and formed an alliance with the Labour Party. Several MSM Members of Parliament also defected to the opposition, putting the Jugnauth administration under increasing strain. The elections ended up being brought forward to 1995. The opposition Labour-MMM coalition won all 60 seats, leaving the MSM without parliamentary representation. Navin Ramgoolam of the Labour Party became Prime Minister.

The Labour-MMM coalition subsequently broke up, and for the 2000 election, the MMM agreed to a pact with the MSM, providing that Jugnauth would serve as prime minister for three years. He would then resign and assume the presidency, handing the office of Prime Minister over to Paul Bérenger, the MMM leader. The MSM/MMM alliance won 54 of the 60 seats, and, as per the agreement, Jugnauth became Prime Minister and was succeeded by Bérenger in 2003. Bérenger led this coalition, which now included the PMSD, to defeat in the 2005 elections, however, and Ramgoolam became prime minister again. In 2010, the MSM joined the Labour-led Alliance de L'Avenir, which won the election, and Ramgoolam remained Prime Minister, with Pravind Jugnauth of the MSM as his Deputy.

By 2014, politics had realigned yet again. The MSM left the government to oppose the Labor Party, which now joined forces with the MMM instead. The MSM contested that year's election as part of the Alliance Lepep, which also included the PMSD and the Muvman Liberater; the alliance won 47 of the 60 directly elected mainland seats. Jugnauth, now 84, became prime minister again, even though his son Pravind Jugnauth was officially the party leader. In January 2017, Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth stepped down to hand power to his son, Pravind.[5] In November 2019, Mauritius’ ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won more than half of the seats in the 2019 elections, securing incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a new five-year term.[6]

Alliance LEPEP (2014–present)

The MSM allied itself with two parties, the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) and the Muvman Liberater (ML) which won another 18 seats, giving the MSM-led Alliance Lepep a clear majority of 51 seats in the 70-member parliament . It also hold 17 of the 25 positions in the Cabinet.

Electoral history

The MSM has won, either alone or as part of a coalition, six of the twelve general

Hindu
majority.

Election Number of
candidates 		Number of
overall seats won 		Position Leader Position
1983
35 / 60
32 / 70
 1st
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
 Prime Minister
1987
35 / 60
31 / 70
 1st
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
 Prime Minister
1991
33 / 60
29 / 70
 1st
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
 Prime Minister
1995
40 / 60
0 / 70
 None
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
 None
2000
30 / 60
28 / 70
 1st
Sir Anerood Jugnauth
 Prime Minister
2005
30 / 60
14 / 70
 2nd Pravind Jugnauth None
2010
18 / 60
13 / 70
 3rd Pravind Jugnauth Vice Prime Minister
2014
39 / 60
33 / 69
 1st Pravind Jugnauth Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation[note 1]
2019
45 / 60
37 / 69
 1st Pravind Jugnauth Prime Minister

See also

Notes

  1. Sir Anerood Jugnauth became prime minister after the 2014 Mauritian general election
    .

References

  1. ISBN 0-333-55224-5
    . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Profile of Mauritius". US Department of State. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ISBN 0-333-55224-5
    . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ Lablanche, John (15 February 1987). "Mauritius: Drug scandal clouds blue skies". United Press International. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Mauritius: PM Anerood Jugnauth to hand over to son". BBC. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Arouff, Jean Paul (8 November 2019). "Mauritius elects incumbent PM for five-year term". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

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