1967 Mauritian general election

none Mauritius Flag of Mauritius (1923–1968).svg parliamentary 1963 Mauritian general election 1963 1976 Mauritian general election 1976 All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Council (and up to 8 BLS seats) 1967 08 07 yes Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 1970.jpg Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) Independence Party 444,737 54.66% 30 seats 43 13 Gaëtan Duval, 1970.jpg Gaëtan Duval Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 354,193 43.53% 34 seats 27 19 1967 Mauritian general election - Results by constituency.svg Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes Chief Minister Subsequent Chief Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. Ethnic violence broke out in Port Louis between Muslims, Creoles and Chinese. Anti-riot police used tear gas to restore peace.Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election https://www.eisa.org/wep/mau1967election.htm EISA 2021-07-11Port Louis – Rioting against Independence at the General Elections of 1967 http://vintagemauritius.org/port-louis/port-louis-rioting-independence-general-elections-1967/ Vintage Mauritius 2021-07-11 The result was a victory for the Independence Party, an alliance of the Labour Party, Independent Forward Bloc and Comité d'Action Musulman, which won 43 of the 70 seats,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 0-19-829645-2 allowing Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to form a government. Voter turnout was 89%.Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election results overview EISA Electoral system The voting system created twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by a system known as "best losers" whereby the electoral commission would appoint eight unsuccessful candidates to ensure that ethnic minorities were fairly represented.Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA Results File:Mauritius Legislative Council 1967.svg Cons Constituency BL Best loser Total +/– Independence Party 4 444737 4 #eb2228 Labour Party 23 3 26 +7 Independent Forward Bloc 12 0 12 +5 Muslim Committee of Action 4 1 5 +1 y 39 4 43 New Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 354193 23 4 27 +19 All Mauritius Hindu Congress 7056 0 0 0 New Orange National Socialist Workers Party 1238 0 0 0 New Mauritius Liberation Front 843 0 0 0 New Mauritius Workers Party 501 0 0 0 New Mauritius Young Communist League 452 0 0 0 New Rodrigues Party 232 0 0 0 New Independents 4425 0 0 0 New +30 273579 4983 314004 Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission, EISA By constituency Constituency MP Party Notes 1 Grand River North West–Port Louis West Gaëtan Duval Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Abdool Monaf Fakira Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Augustin Moignac Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 2 Port Louis South–Port Louis Central Abdool Carrim Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Marc Fok Seung Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Reynald Olivier Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Guy Balancy Labour Party (Mauritius) Best Loser 3 Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East Ebrahim Dawood Patel Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Elias Oozeerally Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Abdool Razack Mohamed Muslim Committee of Action Best Loser 4 Port Louis North–Montagne Longue Mohabeer Foogooa Independent Forward Bloc Raouf Bundhun Muslim Committee of Action Raymond Rault Independent Forward Bloc Alex Rima Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Best Loser 5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) Ramsoondar Modun Labour Party (Mauritius) Lall Jugnauth Independent Forward Bloc 6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Mooneeswar Hurry Labour Party (Mauritius) Bikramsingh Ramlallah Labour Party (Mauritius) Rameshwar Jaypal Independent Forward Bloc 7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Hurrypersad Ramnarain Labour Party (Mauritius) Beergoonath Ghurburrun Labour Party (Mauritius) Simadree Virahsawmy Independent Forward Bloc 8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Veerasamy Ringadoo Labour Party (Mauritius) Mahess Teeluck Labour Party (Mauritius) Yousuf Mohamed Muslim Committee of Action 9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Ramnath Jeetah Independent Forward Bloc Radhamohun Gujadhur Labour Party (Mauritius) Gowtam Teelock Labour Party (Mauritius) 10 Montagne Blanche–Grand River South East Satcam Boolell Labour Party (Mauritius) Kher Jagatsingh Labour Party (Mauritius) Abdool Wahab Foondun Independent Forward Bloc 11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Tarraman Bundhun Labour Party (Mauritius) Dayanundlall Basant Rai Independent Forward Bloc Sookdeo Bissoondoyal Independent Forward Bloc 12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Lutchmeeparsad Badry Labour Party (Mauritius) Gunnoo Gangaram Independent Forward Bloc Harold Walter Labour Party (Mauritius) 13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Kistnasamy Sunassee Labour Party (Mauritius) Sheik Youssouf Ramjan Muslim Committee of Action Dayanand Ramdin Labour Party (Mauritius) 14 Savanne–Black River Kumar Gokulsing Labour Party (Mauritius) Seewa Bappoo Independent Forward Bloc Kistnasamy Tirvengadum Independent Forward Bloc 15 La Caverne–Phoenix Mohun Persad Kisnah Labour Party (Mauritius) Rajmohunsing Jomadar Labour Party (Mauritius) Abdool Hak Mahomed Osman Muslim Committee of Action 16 Vacoas–Floreal Angidi Chettiar Labour Party (Mauritius) Preeduth Awootar Mewasing Labour Party (Mauritius) Joseph Marcel Mason Labour Party (Mauritius) Emmanuel Bussier Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Best Loser Tangavel Narrainen Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Best Loser Jocelyn Maingard Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Best Loser 17 Curepipe–Midlands Gaëtan de Chazal Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Guy Marchand Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Krishna Ramlagan Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Maurice Lesage Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Yvon St. Guillame Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Ajum Dahal Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Guy Forget Labour Party (Mauritius) Best Loser 19 Stanley–Rose Hill Da Patten Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Cyril Leckning Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Henry Ythier Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Raymond Rivet Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Raymond Devienne Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Sham Panchoo Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Eliézer François Labour Party (Mauritius) Best Loser 21 Rodrigues Guy Ollivry Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Sylvio Roussety Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate Source: Government of Mauritius References Category:Elections in Mauritius General Mauritius Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results