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Elections in Mauritius
Political Profile
Political System:
Democracy
President: Rajkeswur
Purryag (MLP) [since 21 July 2012] The President is elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term.
Prime Minister: Navin Ramgoolam (MLP) [AS] [since 05 July 2005] The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and responsible to the National Assembly.
National Assembly [unicameral] (70 Seats) 62 members are elected by direct popular
vote in multi-member constituencies (20 three-member constituencies on Mauritius and one
two-member constituency on the island of Rodrigues) using the Block Vote system. In addition, 8 Members are appointed from a list of unsuccessful
candidates under a "best loser" system designed to provide "balanced" ethnic and political representation; members serve 5-year
terms.
Political Situation since Independence
1968- Democracy
2012 Freedom House Rating:
Political Rights - 1, Civil Liberties - 2, Status: Free
Next Scheduled Presidential Election: May 2008
Next Scheduled National Assembly Election:
2010
Political Parties: CAM - Muslim Committee
of Action, H - Hizbullah [Party of God], IFB - Independent Forward Block, MLP - Mauritius Labour Party* (social-democratic), MMM - Mauritian Militant Movement (far-left, socialist), MMSM - Mauritian Socialist Militant Movement (left-wing), MSM - Mauritian Socialist Movement
(left-wing, social-democratic), MTD - Democratic Labour Movement, OPR - Organization of the People of Rodrigues, PGD - Gaetan
Duval Party, MR - Republican Movement (left-wing), MR - Rodrigues Movement, PMSD - Mauritian Social Democratic Party, PMXD - Mauritian Party of Xavier
Duval (conservative), PSM - Mauritian Socialist Party, VERTS-OF - Greens-Fraterenal Organization (left-wing).
*The French acronym PTr is sometimes used when referring to
the party.
Coalitions:
Alliance Coalition [Contested the
1987 Legislative Assembly Election] Member Parties include the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritius Labour Party
(MLP), Mauritian Social Democratic Party, and the Organization of the People of Rodrigues (OPR); Independence Party (IP)
[Contested the 1967 Legislative Council and 1976 Legislative Assembly Elections] Member Parties include the Mauritius Labour
Party (MLP), Independent Forward Block (IFB), and Muslim Committee of Action (CAM); Independence Party-Mauritian Social
Democratic Party (IP-PMSD) [Contested 1976 Legislative Assembly Election]; Mauritius Labour Party-Mauritian Social
Democratic Party (MLP-PMSD) [Contested the 1991 Legislative Assembly Election], Mauritian Labour Party-Mauritian Militant
Movement (MLP-MMM) [Contested the 1995 National Assembly Election]; Mauritius
Labour Party-Mauritian Party of Xavier Duval (MLP-PMXD) [Contested the 2000 National Assembly Election] Member parties
include the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP), Mauritian Party of Xavier Duval (PMXD), and the Mauritian Socialist Militant Movement
(MMSM); Mauritian Militant Movement-Mauritian Socialist Party (MMM-PSM) [Contested the 1982 Legislative Assembly Election];
Mauritian Socialist Movement-Mauritius Labour Party (MSM-MLP) [Contested the 1983 Legislative Assembly Election as
part of the Mauritian Socialist Movement-Mauritius Labour Party-Mauritian Social Democratic Party Alliance]; Mauritian
Socialist Movement-Mauritius Labour Party-Mauritian Social Democratic Party Alliance (MSM-MLP-PMSD) [Contested the 1983
Legislative Assembly Election] Member Parties include the Mauritian Socialist Movement-Mauritius Labour Party (MSM-MLP) and
Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD); Mauritian Socialist Movement-Mauritian Militant Movement (MSM-MMM) [Contested
the 1991 Legislative Assembly Election] Member Parties include the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritian Militant
Movement (MMM), Democratic Labour Movement (MTD), and the Organization of the People of Rodrigues (OPR); [Contested the 2000
National Assembly Election] Member Parties are the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM) and Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM),
Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD), Republican Movement (MR), and the Greens-Fraternal Organization (VERTS-OF); [Contested
the 2005 National Assembly Election] Member Parties include the Mauritian Socialist Movement (MSM), Mauritian Militant Movement
(MMM), and the Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD); National Alliance Party (PAN) [Contested the 1982 Legislative
Assembly Election] Member parties include the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP) and several smaller parties; Social Alliance
(AS) [Contested 2005 National Assembly Election] Member parties include the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP), Mauritian Party
of Xavier Duval (PMXD), Mauritian Socialist Militant Movement (MMSM), Republican Movement (MR), and the Greens-Fraternal Organization
(VERTS-OF); Union Coalition [Contested the 1987 Legislative Assembly Election] Member parties include the Mauritian
Militant Movement (MMM), Democratic Labour Movement (MTD), and the Socialist Workers Front (FTS).
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