1983 Mauritian general election

None November 2024 Mauritius parliamentary 1982 Mauritian general election 1982 1987 Mauritian general election 1987 All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly(and up to 8 BLS seats) 85.19% ( 3.65 pp) 1983 08 21 yes no Anerood Jugnauth, 1980s.jpg Anerood Jugnauth MSM MSM–PTr–PMSD ffa500 437,785 31.70% 31 New Alliance seats 46 Popular vote 716,860 Alliance % 51.90% Paul Bérenger, 1980s.jpg Paul Bérenger Mauritian Militant Movement – 22 20 629,528 45.58% 1983 Mauritian general election - Results by constituency.svg Alliance result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Militant Socialist Movement Anerood Jugnauth Militant Socialist Movement Early general elections were held in Mauritius on 21 August 1983. The result was a victory for an alliance of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), the Labour Party and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD), which between them won 46 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 0-19-829645-2 The Militant Socialist Movement won 32 seats, whilst the Labour Party secured ten seats and the PMSD five.AC83 On the other hand, the Mauritian Militant Movement was relegated to 22 seats, down from 42 in the last election. Voter turnout was 85.19%.Il y a 34 ans, le 22 août 1983: Le MMM éclipsé aux élections générales https://lexpress.mu/s/article/314580/il-y-34-ans-22-aout-1983-mmm-eclipse-aux-elections-generales L'Express 23 November 2024Khan Iqbal Ahmed A new exodus from the MMM… https://lexpress.mu/s/article/399919/new-exodus-mmm L'Express 23 November 2024 The election was called by Anerood Jugnauth, who became prime minister after winning in a landslide in 1982, five months after the governing coalition split due to disagreements between finance minister Paul Bérenger and Jugnauth. The latter formed the MSM in April 1983 and saw the Parti Socialiste Mauricien merge with the new party. Jugnauth remained as prime minister only with a narrow majority and unable to maintain that majority, he decided to call for early elections barely a year after the last one was called. Jugnauth's electoral alliance allowed him to remain prime minister whilst bringing Gaëtan Duval, who became deputy prime minister, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, who was appointed eventually as governor-general, back into the government after their severe defeat in the 1982 elections. Newly elected leader Satcam Boolell became the country's foreign minister. The Mauritian Militant Movement suffered after the departure of Jugnauth and the split of the MMM-PSM alliance. Bérenger, the party's leader, was not popularly elected in his own constituency. However, under the Best Loser System, he secured his seat through the representational system. He was appointed afterwards as Leader of the Opposition, a post he held until 1987. Electoral system The Legislative Assembly has 62 directly elected members; 60 represent 20 three-seat constituencies, and two are elected from a constituency on the island of Rodrigues. The elections are held using the plurality block vote system with panachage, whereby voters have as many votes as seats available.Electoral System http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2209_B.htm Inter-Parliamentary Union 6 November 2024 https://archive.today/20241106013027/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2209_B.htm 6 November 2024 live In what is commonly known as the Best Loser System, should a community fail to win parliamentary representation, the Electoral Supervisory Commission can appoint up to eight unsuccessful candidates from these communities with the most votes.Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA The Electoral Commission divides the electorate into four communities: Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians and the general population; the latter comprises voters who do not belong to the first three.Fessha Yonatan Ho Tu Ham Nora Is it time to let go? The Best Loser System in Mauritius Afrika Focus 2015 28 1 66–67,70 10.21825/af.v28i1.4739 https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/52483/Fessha_Is_2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 6 November 2024 Unless the Governor-General dissolves the Legislative Assembly early, members serve a five-year term.57 2 Mauritius 1968 https://humanrights.govmu.org/Documents/Legislation/Constitution%20of%20Mauritius.pdf 6 November 2024 Human Rights Division – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Parties and candidates Following the internal divisions of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) between the factions of Jugnauth and Bérenger, the former's faction split and formed the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) on 8 April 1983, with members of the other governing party, Parti Socialiste Mauricien (PSM), joining and merging with the new party.Anerood Jugnauth lance le MSM https://lexpress.mu/s/article/329438/anerood-jugnauth-lance-msm 9 April 2018 27 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr The MSM eventually formed an electoral alliance with the Labour Party led by Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.Le 20 juin 1983: Anerood Jugnauth annonce une alliance MSM-PTr https://lexpress.mu/s/article/355120/20-juin-1983-anerood-jugnauth-annonce-une-alliance-msm-ptr 22 August 2008 27 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr The alliance appeared on the ballot as MSM/Travailliste. The two parties also closely cooperated with Gaëtan Duval's Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD), with the alliance not deciding to field any candidates in constituencies where PMSD candidates stood. The PMSD stood in constituencies of Grand River North West-Port-Louis West, Curepipe-Midlands, Stanley-Rose Hill, Beau Bassin-Petite Rivière and Rodrigues. The MSM–PTr–PMSD alliance ran in all 21 constituencies.Le Soleil de Jugnauth éclipse le c?ur MMM par 41 sièges à 19 https://lexpress.mu/s/article/le-soleil-de-jugnauth-%C3%A9clipse-le-cur-mmm-par-41-si%C3%A8ges-%C3%A0-19 22 August 2008 27 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr As for the MMM, the party decided to run on its own without forming an alliance and contested in all mainland constituencies.Il y a 34 ans, le 22 août 1983: Le MMM éclipsé aux élections générales https://lexpress.mu/s/article/314580/il-y-34-ans-22-aout-1983-mmm-eclipse-aux-elections-generales 22 August 2017 27 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr Major alliance/party Member parties Alliance leader Candidates MSM–PTr–PMSD Militant Socialist Movement Anerood Jugnauth 35AC83 Labour Party 13AC83 Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 14AC83 Mauritian Militant Movement Paul Bérenger 60 Results File:Mauritius Legislative Assembly 1983.svg Cons Constituency BL Best loser Total +/– Mauritian Militant Movement 629528 19 3 22 –20 MSM–PTr 3 Militant Socialist Movement 437785 28 3 31 New Labour Party 138211 9 1 10 +8 575996 37 4 41 +39 Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 140864 4 1 5 +3 Rodrigues People's Organisation 15981 2 0 2 0 Lalit 3116 0 0 0 New Front Mauricien Independent 2637 0 0 0 New Parti Ouvrier Progressiste 2143 0 0 0 New Mouvement Democrate Mauricien 1036 0 0 0 New Groupement Mauricien 735 0 0 0 New Communist Party of Mauritius 704 0 0 0 New Mouvement Liberal Mauricien 572 0 0 0 0 Groupement Progressiste 426 0 0 0 New Parti du Peuple Mauricien 358 0 0 0 New Groupement Socialiste du Sud 241 0 0 0 New Mauritian Muslim Rights 156 0 0 0 New Independents 6658 0 0 0 0 464465 5543 551708 +4 OEC, OEC, Nohlen et al., Alliance candidate affiliations: AC83 By constituency Constituency Elected MPs Party 1 Grand River North West–Port Louis West Mathieu Laclé  MMM Jérôme Boulle  MMM Rajnee Dyalah  MMM 2 Port Louis South–Port Louis Central Noël Lee Cheong Lem  MMM Khalid Tegally  MMM Subhas Chandra Lallah  MMM Kamil Ramoly (best loser)  PTr 3 Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East Bashir Khodabux  MMM Osman Gendoo  MMM Cassam Uteem  MMM Ismaël Nawoor (best loser)  MSM 4 Port Louis North–Montagne Longue Shree Krisna Baligadoo  MMM José Arunasalom  MMM Dinesh Mundil  MMM Sylvio Michel (best loser)  MSM Georgy Candahoo (best loser)  MSM 5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Beergoonath Ghurburrun  PTr Diwakur Bundhun  MSM Dinesh Ramjuttun  MSM 6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Armoogum Parsooraman  MSM Sattyanand Pelladoah  PTr Madan Dulloo  MSM 7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Dwarkanath Gungah  MSM Anerood Jugnauth  MSM Mahyendrah Utchanah  MSM 8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Kadress Pillay  MSM Vinod Goodoory  MSM Rashidally Soobadar  MSM 9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Dev Kim Currun  PTr Ajay Daby  MSM Iswardeo Seetaram  PTr 10 Montagne Blanche–Grand River South East Satcam Boolell  PTr Kader Bhayat  MSM Jagdishwar Goburdhun  MSM 11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Anandisswar Choolun  MSM Nemchand Raj Molaye  MSM Radha Gungoosingh  MSM 12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok  MSM Serge Thomas  PTr Suresh Chandra Poonith  MSM 13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo  MSM Amba Chinien  PTr Harish Boodhoo  MSM 14 Savanne–Black River Sheilabai Bappoo  MSM Kishore Deerpalsing  MSM Roger Gaëtan Gungurum  MSM 15 La Caverne–Phoenix Uttam Jawaheer  MMM Sahid Maudarbocus  MMM Yousuf Mohamed  PTr 16 Vacoas–Floreal Karl Offmann  MSM Babooram Mahadoo  MSM Rohit Beedassy  MSM France Canabady (best loser)  MMM 17 Curepipe–Midlands Gaëtan Duval  PMSD Marc Hein  PMSD Kailash Purryag  PMSD 18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Michael Glover  PTr Anil Gayan  MSM Dev Virahsawmy  MSM Paul Bérenger (best loser)  MMM 19 Stanley–Rose Hill Jayen Cuttaree  MMM Jean-Claude de l'Estrac  MMM Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra  MMM 20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Jean Régis Finette  MMM Hervé Duval  PMSD Rajesh Bhagwan  MMM Joceline Minerve (best loser)  MMM Marie Ghiselaine Henry (best loser)  PMSD 21 Rodrigues France Félicité  OPR Serge Clair  OPRSource: Electoral Commission References Category:Elections in Mauritius General Mauritius