1995 Mauritian general election

1995 Mauritian general election

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All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
Turnout	79.40% ( 6.01 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Navin Ramgoolam Gaëtan Duval Party Labour Party Parti Gaëtan Duval Alliance PTr–MMM – Seats won 35 1 Seat change 29 New Popular vote 652,167 105,282 Percentage 39.20% 6.33% Alliance seats 60 Popular vote 1,084,236 Alliance % 65.17%
Alliance result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
Prime Minister before election Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM Subsequent Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam Labour Party

General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1995. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party-Mauritian Militant Movement alliance led by Navin Ramgoolam,^[1] which won all 60 constituency seats on Mauritius. Along with 1982, it was one of three elections in which a party won every seat. The Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) led by Anerood Jugnauth lost power after 13 years, with Jugnauth resigning two days after the results were announced. Navin Ramgoolam became Prime Minister and appointed Paul Berenger as Deputy Prime Minister.

Electoral system

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 could be filled by the "best losers",^[2] although only four were filled at this election. Voter turnout was 79.9%.^[3]

Results

Of the 60 seats won by the Labour–MMM alliance, the Labour Party won 35 and the MMM 25.^[4]

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
						Cons	BL	Total	+/–
	PTr–MMM		Labour Party	652,167	39.20	35	0	35	+29
			Mauritian Militant Movement	432,069	25.97	25	0	25	0
		Total		1,084,236	65.17	60	0	60	New
	MSM–RMM		Militant Socialist Movement	330,219	19.85	0	0	0	–30
			Mauritian Militant Renewal			0	0	0	New
		Total				0	0	0	New
	Parti Gaëtan Duval			105,282	6.33	0	1	1	New
	MMP–HP		MMP–Hizbullah	28,749	1.73	0	1	1	New
			Mouvement Mauricien Pour La Paix	1,630	0.10	0	0	0	New
			Hizbullah	1,375	0.08	0	0	0	0
		Total		31,754	1.91	0	1	1	New
	Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement			25,472	1.53	0	0	0	New
	Rodrigues People's Organisation			16,631	1.00	2	0	2	0
	Rodrigues Movement			9,529	0.57	0	2	2	New
	Front Populaire Musulman			8,233	0.49	0	0	0	New
	Mouvement des Democrates Liberaux			6,848	0.41	0	0	0	New
	Parti de la loi Naturelle			4,074	0.24	0	0	0	New
	Parti Action Liberal			3,332	0.20	0	0	0	0
	Parti du Peuple Mauricien			2,505	0.15	0	0	0	0
	Mouvement pour la Justice			1,149	0.07	0	0	0	New
	Mouvement Democratique Mauricien			859	0.05	0	0	0	New
	Mouvement Socialiste du Sud			342	0.02	0	0	0	0
	Hindu Etka Andolan Dul			307	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Republican Movement			281	0.02	0	0	0	–
	Démocratie Mauricienne			259	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Mouvement Travailleurs Mauricien			212	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius United Party			185	0.01	0	0	0	0
	Mauritius Party Rights			100	0.01	0	0	0	0
	Independents			32,007	1.92	0	0	0	0
Total				1,663,816	100.00	62	4	66	0
Valid votes				559,005	98.44
Invalid/blank votes				8,832	1.56
Total votes				567,837	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				715,179	79.40
Source: OEC, OEC, African Elections Database, EISA, Nohlen et al.

By constituency

Constituency		MP	Party		Notes
1	Grand River North West– Port Louis West	James Burty David		PTr	Elected
		Jean Claude Barbier		MMM	Elected
		Arianne Navarre-Marie		MMM	Elected
2	Port Louis South– Port Louis Central	Rashid Beebeejaun		PTr	Elected
		Joseph Tsang Mang Kin		PTr	Elected
		Ahmad Jeewah		MMM	Reelected
3	Port Louis Maritime– Port Louis East	Samioullah Lauthan		MMM	Elected
		Iqbal Mallam-Hassam		PTr	Elected
		Mohammad Nanhuck		MMM	Elected
		Mustapha Beeharry		MMP	Best Loser
4	Port Louis North– Montagne Longue	Indira Thacoor		PTr	Elected
		Jean-François Chaumière		PTr	Elected
		José Arunasalom		MMM	Reelected
5	Pamplemousses–Triolet	Navin Ramgoolam		PTr	Reelected
		Dev Ramnah		MMM	Elected
		Navin Soonarane		PTr	Elected
6	Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or	Dhaneshwar Beeharry		PTr	Elected
		Pradeep Jeeha		MMM	Elected
		Siven Poonoosamy		PTr	Elected
7	Piton–Riviere du Rempart	Jai Prakash Meenowa		MMM	Elected
		Dev Virahsawmy		PTr	Elected
		Rajman Rampersad		PTr	Elected
8	Quartier Militaire–Moka	Lormus Bundhoo		PTr	Elected
		Suren Dayal		PTr	Elected
		Veda Baloomoody		MMM	Elected
9	Flacq–Bon Accueil	Vinod Bojeenauth		PTr	Elected
		Ajay Gunness		MMM	Elected
		Dhurma Nath		MMM	Elected
10	Montagne Blanche– Grand River South East	Manou Bheenick		PTr	Elected
		Vishnu Bundhun		PTr	Elected
		Zeel Peerun		MMM	Reelected
11	Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle	Arvin Boolell		PTr	Reelected
		Jagdish Haton		MMM	Elected
		Yesdev Jeelall		PTr	Elected
12	Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien	Vasant Bunwaree		PTr	Reelected
		Eddy Boissézon		MMM	Elected
		Anand Soburrun		PTr	Elected
13	Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac	Kishore Deerpalsing		PTr	Elected
		Moorthy Sunassee		PTr	Elected
		Raouf Bundhun		MMM	Elected
14	Savanne–Black River	Alan Ganoo		MMM	Elected
		Hervé Aimée		PTr	Elected
		Seewoosunkur Jhuboo		PTr	Elected
15	La Caverne–Phoenix	Razack Peeroo		PTr	Reelected
		Steven Obeegadoo		MMM	Reelected
		Kailash Purryag		PTr	Elected
16	Vacoas–Floreal	Sarat Lallah		PTr	Elected
		Siram Sakaram		MMM	Elected
		Marie-Claude Arouff-Parfait		PTr	Elected
17	Curepipe–Midlands	Clarel Malherbe		PTr	Reelected
		Jacques Chasteau de Balyon		PTr	Elected
		Motee Ramdass		MMM	Elected
		Gaëtan Duval		PGD	Best Loser; Reelected
18	Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes	Dan Bhima		PTr	Elected
		Kadress Pillay		PTr	Elected
		Danielle Perrier		MMM	Elected
19	Stanley–Rose Hill	Paul Bérenger		MMM	Reelected
		Siddick Chady		PTr	Reelected
		Jayen Cuttaree		MMM	Reelected
20	Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere	Joceline Minèrve		MMM	Reelected
		Rajesh Bhagwan		MMM	Reelected
		Monique Ohsan-Bellepeau		PTr	Elected
21	Rodrigues	Benoît Jolicoeur		OPR	Reelected
		Serge Clair		OPR	Reelected
		Nicolas Von Mally		MR	Best Loser
		Alex Nancy		MR	Best Loser
Source: OEC, OEC

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
2. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
3. Mauritius: 1995 National Assembly election results Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine EISA
4. Elections in Mauritius African Elections Database