1991 Mauritian general election

None May 2022 Mauritius parliamentary 1987 Mauritian general election 1987 1995 Mauritian general election 1995 All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly(and up to 8 BLS seats) 85.41% ( 3.34 pp) 1991 9 15 yes no Anerood Jugnauth, 1995.jpg Anerood Jugnauth MSM MSM/MMM Alliance seats 57 Popular vote 944,521 Alliance % 55.36% Navin Ramgoolam, 1995.jpg Navin Ramgoolam PTr PTr–PMSD 7 670,631 39.30% 1991 Mauritian general election - Results by constituency.svg Alliance result by constituency Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Militant Socialist Movement Anerood Jugnauth Militant Socialist Movement General elections were held in Mauritius on 15 September 1991.Mauritius: 1991 National Assembly election results EISA Three main parties gained seats in this election: the Militant Socialist Movement, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Labour Party. The MSM formed an alliance with the MMM and the Labour Party formed an alliance with the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD). On 17 September 1991, results showed that MSM-MMM won 57 out of 66 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 0-19-829645-2 This gave 95% of seats to MSM-MMM leader Anerood Jugnauth and 5% to Labour Party-PMSD leader Navin Ramgoolam. Campaign The main political parties taking part in the elections were the Militant Socialist Movement and Labour Party which were the current government, and the Mauritian Militant Movement which was the current opposition party. Earlier that year, Navin RamgoolamDr Ramgoolam Navinchandra, GCSK, FRCP Government of Mauritius became the leader of the Labour Party. As a result, the MSM-Labour Party coalition broke down in February 1991 because Ramgoolam demanded that the deal between the parties should be reviewed and that the MSM leader, Anerood Jugnauth, should hold the office of Prime Minister for half of the term (two and a half years), with Ramgoolam serving out the remainder of the term. However, Jugnauth did not want to step aside in favour of Ramgoolam. Ramgoolam then announced that his party would contest the elections due September on its own. Jugnauth proposed an electoral pact with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the party which Jugnauth himself had formerly led between 1976 and 1983, before the formation of the MSM. The two parties agreed that Anerood Jugnauth would remain Prime Minister for the full term of 5 years and that MMM leader Paul Bérenger would serve in his Cabinet. Bérenger later became Minister of External Affairs.Bérenger Paul Raymond, GCSK Government of Mauritius During the term, Rama Sithanen, Sheila Bappoo and Dharam Gokhool defected from the MSM to the Mauritian Labour Party. The defections put the MSM under increasing strain, and Jugnauth came under pressure to hold general elections in 1995 rather than 1996, as constitutionally scheduled. Results File:Mauritian Parliament 1991.svg Cons Constituency BL Best loser Total +/– MSM–MMM–MTD 4 944521 4 Militant Socialist Movement 29 0 29 –2 Mauritian Militant Movement 26 0 26 +2 Democratic Labour Movement 2 0 2 +2 y 57 0 57 +2 PTR–PMSD 3 670631 3 Labour Party 3 3 6 –3 Mauritian Social Democratic Party 0 1 1 –3 y 3 4 7 –6 Rodrigues People's Organisation 16080 2 0 2 0 Rodrigues People's Grouping 11646 0 0 0 0 Liberal Action Party 6053 0 0 0 New Mauritian People's Party 5696 0 0 0 0 Hizbullah 5550 0 0 0 New Militant Workers Party 2137 0 0 0 New Socialist Movement of the South 686 0 0 0 0 Communist Party of Mauritius 358 0 0 0 New Mauritius Party Rights 243 0 0 0 New Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius 191 0 0 0 0 Mauritius United Party 160 0 0 0 0 People's Democratic Party 121 0 0 0 New Independents 30005 0 0 0 0 –4 573419 8051 680836 Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al., African Elections Database By constituency Constituency Elected MPs Party 1 Grand River North West–Port Louis West Mathieu Laclé  MMM Jérôme Boulle  MMM Alain Laridon  MSM 2 Port Louis South–Port Louis Central Ahmad Jeewah  MMM Azize Asgarally  MSM Noël Lee Cheong Lem  MMM 3 Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East Cassam Uteem  MMM Osman Gendoo  MMM Bashir Khodabux  MMM 4 Port Louis North–Montagne Longue Parmanand Brizmohun  MSM José Arunasalom  MMM Claude Genevieve  MSM 5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Navin Ramgoolam  PTr Jyaneshwur Jhurry  MSM Premdut Koonjoo  MMM 6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Dharmanand Fokeer  MMM Madan Dulloo  MSM Armoogum Parsooraman  MSM Gaëtan Duval (best loser)  PMSD 7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Anerood Jugnauth  MSM Dwarkanath Gungah  MSM Mahyendrah Utchanah  MSM 8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Ashok Jugnauth  MSM Sutyadeo Moutia  MSM Retnon Pyneeandee  MSM 9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Anil Bachoo MTD Rajnarain Guttee  MSM Roodrashen Neewoor  MSM 10 Montagne Blanche–Grand River South East Ramduthsing Jaddoo  MSM Jagdishwar Goburdhun  MSM Zeel Peerun  MMM 11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Arvin Boolell  PTr Satish Dayal  MSM Subhas Chandra Lallah  MMM 12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Vasant Bunwaree  PTr Ivan Collendavelloo  MMM Mookhesswur Choonee  MSM 13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Hurreeprem Aumeer  MSM Prem Nababsing  MMM Swalay Kasenally  MMM 14 Savanne–Black River Alan Ganoo  MMM Germain Comarmond  MSM Sooroojdev Phokeer  MSM 15 La Caverne–Phoenix Steven Obeegadoo  MMM Iswardeo Seetaram  MSM Showkutally Soodhun  MSM Razack Peeroo (best loser)  PTr 16 Vacoas–Floreal Sheilabai Bappoo  MSM Dharam Gokhool  MMM Karl Offmann  MSM 17 Curepipe–Midlands Amédée Darga  MMM Maxime Sauzier  MSM Sanjit Teelock MTD Clarel Malherbe (best loser)  PTr 18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Kailash Ruhee  MMM Rama Sithanen  MSM Michael Glover  MSM 19 Stanley–Rose Hill Jayen Cuttaree  MMM Jean-Claude de l'Estrac  MMM Paul Bérenger  MMM Siddick Chady (best loser)  PTr 20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Rajesh Bhagwan  MMM Joceline Minerve  MMM Régis Finette  MSM 21 Rodrigues Serge Clair  OPR Joseph Jolicoeur  OPRSource: Government of Mauritius References Mauritius Category:1991 in Mauritius Category:Elections in Mauritius Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results