1959 Mauritian general election

None June 2025 General elections were held in Mauritius on 9 March 1959. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 24 of the 40 seats.Elections in Mauritius https://web.archive.org/web/20110927012723/http://africanelections.tripod.com/mu.html 27 September 2011 African Elections DatabaseResults of 1959 elections in Port Louis Central (Constituency No.4) https://electoral.govmu.org/Pages/Election%20Results/NAE/NAE1959/Cons4.pdf Government of Mauritius 2021-07-08 They were the first elections in Mauritius to be held with universal suffrage.Mauritius: History https://web.archive.org/web/20170924230900/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/mauritius/history 2017-09-24 The Commonwealth Electoral system The Mauritius (Constitution) Order in Council 1958 provided for a Legislative Council with 40 members elected from single-member constituencies. Voters had to be aged 21 or over.Report on the Mauritius Legislative Council General Elections, 1959 Electoral Commission A total of 208,684 people were registered to vote, of which 122,310 were non-Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 32,866 were Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 50,381 were general population and 3,127 were Sino-Mauritians. Campaign A total of 159 candidates contested the elections, with all 40 constituencies having at least two candidates. Results Voter turnout was 91.3%, ranging from 83.6% in the Stanley constituency to 95.6% in Moka.1959 official results of General Elections http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Pages/Results-1959.aspx Office of Electoral Commissioner Government of Mauritius 2020-07-12 File:Mauritian Legislative Council 1959.svg Labour Party 24 +9 Independent Forward Bloc 6 New Muslim Committee of Action 5 New Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 3 New Independents 2 –2 +9 208684 Electoral Commission, African Elections Database Aftermath Following the elections, petitions were submitted to overturn the results in Curepipe, Piton, Port Louis Maritime, Riviere des Anguilles and Vieux Grant Port constituencies. The petitions for Piton, Port Louis Maritime and Vieux Grant Port were withdrawn, but the Supreme Court annulled the results of the Curepipe and Riviere des Anguilles votes. References Category:Elections in Mauritius General Mauritius Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results