1982 Mauritian general election

none November 2024 Mauritius parliamentary 1976 Mauritian general election 1976 1983 Mauritian general election 1983 All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly(and up to 8 BLS seats) 88.84% ( 1.16 pp) 1982 06 11 yes Anerood Jugnauth, 1980s.jpg Anerood Jugnauth Mauritian Militant Movement MMM–PSM 621,059 43.16% 38.69%, 34 seats 42 8 Alliance seats 60 Popular vote 906,800 Alliance % 63.02% Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 1970.jpg Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) PAN 28 seats (IP) 2 26 309,882 21.54% 2 363,519 25.27% Gaëtan Duval 1983.tiff Gaëtan Duval Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 120,214 8.36% 16.53%, 8 seats 2 6 2 120,214 8.36% 1982 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 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party (Mauritius) Anerood Jugnauth Mauritian Militant Movement General elections were held in Mauritius on 11 June 1982. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Mauritian Militant Movement–Mauritian Socialist Party alliance, which won all 60 of the directly elected mainland seats.13 juin 1982: Un sévère coup de balai élimine le PAN https://lexpress.mu/s/22-decembre-1995-irresistible-vague-rouge-et-mauve-540060 16 November 2024 12 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express frDieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 0-19-829645-2 Anerood Jugnauth became prime minister for the first time, replacing Seewoosagur Ramgoolam who had governed the country since its independence. Ramgoolam had formed a coalition government in the aftermath of the previous election, composing of the Labour Party and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate, led by Gaëtan Duval. After several scandals that the government faced during its term, including economic mismanagement and postponement of elections, the government was defeated in a landslide, winning only a total of four best loser seats in the Legislative Assembly and none of its candidates were elected in any constituency. The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and up to eight seats were filled by the best losers system,Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA although following this election, only four best loser seats were awarded. Voter turnout was 88.84%.Mauritius: 1982 Legislative Assembly election results EISA This election would be the first of three elections in which a party or an alliance received a 60-0 result, winning all of the elected mainland constituencies in Mauritius.Il y a 36 ans : Le premier 60-0 de l’histoire https://lexpress.mu/s/article/333149/il-y-36-ans-premier-60-0-lhistoire 12 June 2018 12 June 2025 L'Express fr Ramgoolam received funding from the CIA during the election.Levin Dov H. 2016-09-19 Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894216661190 Conflict Management and Peace Science 36 1 88–106 10.1177/0738894216661190 0738-8942 subscription Background In the aftermath of the previous election, the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) became the largest party in the Legislative Assembly, garnering a total of 34 seats, just two seats shy of the majority. The Labour Party (PTr), under the alliance of the Independence Party (IP) along with the Muslim Committee of Action (CAM), led by Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, came in second with 28 seats and lost its majority in the assembly. In order to prevent fears of the country being ruled under an MMM government, Ramgoolam formed a coalition government with the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD), led by Gaëtan Duval, bringing the coalition total to 36 seats, enough to form a one-seat majority government. However, the coalition government faced several scandals during its term, which included economic mismanagement that resulted in the first devaluation of the rupee and the removal of subsidies on essential items which was imposed by the International Monetary Fund. In addition, relations with the opposition and the government were shaky and led to heated exchanges. With the thin-wafer majority that the government had in the assembly, it could not afford to loose on any votes. Intra-party relations, especially within the Labour Party, became fractious, with Harish Boodhoo and other Labour MPs constantly voting against the government.The 1976-1981 Parliament An insider view https://lexpress.mu/s/idee/293856/1976-1981-parliament-insider-view 16 November 2016 12 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express Anerood Jugnauth, MMM leader and Leader of the Opposition, tabled a vote of no confidence against the government on 4 December 1979 due to the performance of the government and the scandals it was facing. The government narrowly won the vote, with Boodhoo's group saving the government's lifespan. One MMM MP defected to support the government for the vote.LE7681 Election date Ramgoolam advised the Governor-General, Dayendranath Burrenchobay, to dissolve parliament on 18 December 1981, a few days before the automatic dissolution of the body. However, the writs for the election were not issued immediately. Under the Representation of People Ordinance of 1958, as amended in 1976, the Governor-General must issue the writs for the election within 55 days after the dissolution of parliament, and setting the dates for candidacy filling and when the election will be held.Reactions to dissolution of parliament reported https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-79992/page/25/mode/2up 12 June 2025 Le Mauricien 18 December 1981 Sub-Saharan Africa Report, No. 2616, 1 February 1982, pp. 25-27 The writs for the election were issued on 15 February 1982 by the Governor-General, two months after the dissolution of the parliament and scheduling the election on 11 June.Le 12 juin 1982 — 40 ans déjà pour le premier 60-0 ! https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/politique/le-12-juin-1982-40-ans-deja-pour-le-premier-60-0/495701/ 12 June 2022 12 June 2025 lemauricien.com Le Mauricien frLegislative elections scheduled https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-80175/page/75/mode/2up 12 June 2025 Agence France-Presse 15 February 1982 Sub-Saharan Africa Report, No. 2575, 15 February 1982, p. 72 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. 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 A total of 360 candidates representing 22 parties contested the election.Mauritius: General election of June 1982 EISA The deadline for the submission and registration of candidates to the Electoral Supervisory Commission were on 19 April 1982, with the list being finalised on 21 April.Parties contesting election listed https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-81213/ 12 June 2025 L'Express 22 April 1982 Sub-Saharan Africa Report, No. 2652, 6 July 1982, pp. 71-72 Countering the government, the Mauritian Militant Movement and Parti Socialiste Mauricien, a dissident party from the Labour Party formed by Harish Boodhoo, formed an alliance in early 1981.LM60 The MMM-PSM alliance fielded a total of 60 candidates for all the mainland constituencies, with the MMM being allocated 42 candidates and the PSM with 18 candidates.Le RPL de Philo ou l'échec d'une autre politique https://lexpress.mu/s/article/le-rpl-de-philo-ou-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9chec-d%E2%80%99une-autre-politique 25 April 2007 12 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr Of the 42 MMM candidates, 26 were incumbent members of the Legislative Assembly, whilst three of the 18 PSM candidates were Labour MPs who defected to the party (Boodhoo, Radha Gungoosingh and Rohit Beedassy).MMM/PSM candidates meet to discuss strategy https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-80718/page/n17/mode/2up 12 June 2025 L'Express 14 March 1982 Sub-Saharan Africa Report, No. 2616, 3 May 1982, pp. 9-10 For the Parti de l'Alliance Nationale, led by Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the alliance was composed of the Labour Party and two other groups or parties that were primarily dissidents of the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate: the Group Éliziér François and the Rassemblement pour le Progrès et la Liberté (RPL), led by Philo Blackburn.LERPL Other dissidents of the PMSD participated under the Labour banner. The Muslim Committee of Action did not contest for this election under the alliance but three dissidents of the party joined under the Labour banner and participated in the constituency of Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East.Les candidats du PAN du 11 juin 1982 https://lexpress.mu/s/article/les-candidats-du-pan-du-11-juin-1982# 4 May 2007 12 June 2025 lexpress.mu L'Express fr The alliance finalised its candidate list on 15 April, which was criticised since it was still being reworked until the last minute. As for the PMSD, led by Gaëtan Duval, it still participated in all of the 60 constituencies although some candidates, like Duval himself, contested in several other constituencies as well. Major alliance Member parties Alliance leader Candidates Parti de l'Alliance Nationale Labour Party Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 51LEPAN Rassemblement pour le Progrès et la Liberté 5LEPAN Group Éliziér François 4LEPAN MMM–PSM Mauritian Militant Movement Anerood Jugnauth 42ssa382 Parti Socialiste Mauricien 18ssa382LERPL Results The MMM–PSM alliance won all of the 60 elected mainland constituencies, of which 42 were taken by the MMM and 18 by the PSM. The MMM managed to win an outright majority in itself as a party, marking the first time that a party managed to do so. This is also the first time that a party or alliance managed to win all of the elected mainland constituencies. The Parti de l'Alliance Nationale did not win any of the elected constituencies, as did the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. In Rodrigues, the Rodrigues People's Organisation won both of the island's two constituency seats, gaining representation for the first time. Four best loser seats were allocated in this election, out of the maximum eight seats that can be allocated. The Labour Party and the PMSD were given two seats each in order to balance the ethnic representation in the assembly. Voter turnout was at 88.84%, a slight decrease of 1.16 pp from the previous election. File:Mauritius Legislative Assembly 1982.svg Cons Constituency BL Best loser Total +/– MMM–PSM 3 Mauritian Militant Movement 621059 42 0 42 +6 Parti Socialiste Mauricien 285741 18 0 18 New 906800 60 0 60 +26 Parti de l'Alliance Nationale 4 Labour Party 309882 0 2 2 –26 Rassemblement pour le Progrès et la Liberté 28533 0 0 0 New Group Éliziér François 25104 0 0 0 New 363519 0 2 2 –26 Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate 120214 0 2 2 –6 Rodrigues People's Organisation 16129 2 0 2 +2 Parti Islamique Mauricien 9334 0 0 0 New Union Démocratique Mauricienne 1558 0 0 0 0 Front Liberation National 1325 0 0 0 New Mauritius National Party 1285 0 0 0 New Mouvement Liberal du Nord 910 0 0 0 New Mauritius Young Labour Movement 523 0 0 0 New Parti du Centre Republicain 454 0 0 0 0 Independent Democratic Movement 334 0 0 0 New Zenes Socialiste 265 0 0 0 New Mouvement Radical Mauricien 255 0 0 0 New Organisation du Peuple Mauricien 189 0 0 0 New Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius–Hindu Progressive Movement 118 0 0 0 New Mauritian Socialist Congress 115 0 0 0 New Dhravediennes United Party 96 0 0 0 New Independents 15393 0 0 0 0 483810 6769 552204 –4 OEC, OEC, Le Mauricien, Nohlen et al.; Alliance candidate affiliations: LEPANssa382 By constituency Constituency MP Party Notes 1 Grand River North West–Port Louis West Mathieu Laclé  MMM Elected Jérôme Boulle  MMM Reelected Rajnee Dyalah  MMM Reelected 2 Port Louis South–Port Louis Central Kader Bhayat  MMM Reelected Vijay Padaruth  PSM Elected Noël Lee Cheong Lem  MMM Reelected 3 Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East Osman Gendoo  MMM Reelected Cassam Uteem  MMM Reelected Bashir Khodabux  MMM Reelected 4 Port Louis North–Montagne Longue Shree Krisna Baligadoo  MMM Reelected Jankeeparsad Nundalalee  PSM Elected Sylvio Michel  MMM Reelected 5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Dinesh Ramjuttun  PSM Elected Prem Koonjoo  MMM Elected Diwakur Bundhun  MMM Elected 6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Madan Dulloo  MMM Reelected Dharmanand Fokeer  MMM Reelected Armoogum Parsuramen  PSM Elected 7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Anerood Jugnauth  MMM Reelected Dharam Gokhool  MMM Elected Mahen Utchanah  MMM Elected 8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Vinod Goodoory  PSM Elected Rama Poonoosamy  MMM Elected Rashidally Soobadar  PSM Elected 9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Ajay Daby  PSM Elected Ravindranath Lochun  MMM Elected Dwarkanath Gungah  MMM Reelected 10 Montagne Blanche–Grand River South East Jagdishwar Goburdhun  MMM Reelected Ramduth Jaddoo  MMM Reelected Azize Asgarally  MMM Reelected 11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Radha Gungoosingh  PSM Reelected Anandisswar Choolun  PSM Elected Raj Molaye  MMM Elected 12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok  MMM Reelected Suresh Chandra Poonith  MMM Reelected Jocelyn Seenyen  PSM Elected 13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Harish Boodhoo  PSM Reelected Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo  MMM Elected Swalay Kasenally  MMM Reelected 14 Savanne–Black River Alan Ganoo  MMM Elected Kishore Deerpalsing  PSM Elected Arianne Navarre-Marie  MMM Elected 15 La Caverne–Phoenix Uttam Jawaheer  PSM Elected Satteeanund Peerthum  MMM Elected Sahid Maudarbocus   MMM Elected France Roussety  PTr Best Loser 16 Vacoas–Floreal Rohit Beedassy  PSM Reelected France Canabady  MMM Elected Babooram Mahadoo  PSM Elected 17 Curepipe–Midlands Anil Gayan  MMM Elected Louis Percy La France  MMM Elected Karl Offmann  PSM Elected 18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Paul Bérenger  MMM Reelected Kailash Ruhee  PSM Elected Devanand Rottoo  MMM Elected Michael Glover  PTr Best Loser 19 Stanley–Rose Hill Jayen Cuttaree  MMM Elected Jean-Claude de l'Estrac  MMM Reelected Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra  MMM Reelected 20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Régis Finette  MMM Elected Subash Ramdahen  PSM Elected Finlay Salesse  MMM Reelected 21 Rodrigues France Félicité  OPR Elected Serge Clair  OPR Elected Gaëtan Duval  PMSD Best Loser Nicol François  PMSD Best Loser; Reelected Source: OEC, (candidate affiliations) Aftermath Following the decisive victory of the new alliance, the leaders of the alliance made televised statements calling for national unity. Anerood Jugnauth promised that he would be a 'prime minister for all Mauritians' whilst Harish Boodhoo outlined that change within the country would be 'done gently'. Paul Bérenger announced that the government planned to make general elections mandatory every five years, preventing the postponement of elections which Seewoosagur Ramgoolam had done in the past.LE6018 On his part, Ramgoolam accepted defeat and the verdict of the elections and denied plans that he planned to move out of Mauritius.LE6018LE613 He chaired his final cabinet meeting on 14 June and met with the Governor-General, Dayendranath Burrenchobay, the following day.LE613 Jugnauth was sworn in along with his ministers on 15 June at State House in Port-Louis in front of the Governor-General. The new government also included the Rodrigues People's Organisation (OPR), which entered the government for the first time. The cabinet was composed of a total of 20 ministers, with the MMM having 14 ministers, the PSM with five and the OPR receiving one minister.Maurice. Victoire électorale de la gauche https://www.universalis.fr/evenement/11-15-juin-1982-victoire-electorale-de-la-gauche/ 12 June 2025 universalis.fr Encyclopædia Universalis fr Serge Clair, the new minister for Rodrigues from the OPR, was separately sworn in on 16 June. A thanksgiving rally was held a week later in the Champ de Mars.LM60 References Category:Elections in Mauritius Category:1982 in Mauritius Mauritius Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:June 1982 in Africa