1987 Mauritian general election

General elections were held in Mauritius on 30 August 1987. The result was a victory for the Alliance, composed of the Labour Party, the Mauritian Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party, which won 44 of the 70 seats.[1]

1987 Mauritian general election

30 August 1987 (1987-08-30)

All 70 seats in the National Assembly
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Anerood Jugnauth Prem Nababsing
Party MSM MMM
Alliance MSM-Labour
Leader since 1983 1987
Leader's seat Piton & Riviere Du Rempart Belle Rose and Quatre Bornes
Last election 46 seats 21 seats
Seats won 44 24
Seat change 2 3
Popular vote 675,757 789,268
Percentage 40.3 47.3%
Swing 12% 0.9%

Prime Minister before election

Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

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".[2] Voter turnout was 85%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Constituency Best-loser Total
Union†789,26847.321324+2
Alliance*675,75740.339544–2
Mauritian Social Democrat Party141,8788.5
Rodrigues People's Organisation17,0441.02020
Rodrigues People's Grouping11,8260.7000New
Lalit8,7230.50000
Mauritian People's Party3,7940.20000
MTS2,0770.1000New
OMT-FNAS1,5290.1000New
MEM/PE6780.0000New
Mauritian Future6760.0000New
National Mauritius Muslim Rights6060.0000New
Progressive Socialist Movement5900.0000New
Mauritian Planters Movement5240.0000New
Rally for the Economy and Development5120.0000New
Socialist Movement of the South4590.0000New
Mario Fabien Grouping3620.0000New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius2400.0000New
People's Democratic Movement1170.0000New
Mauritian National Party|570.0000New
Mauritius United Party540.0000New
Mauritian Unity Organisation410.0000New
Independents11,9270.70000
Total1,668,73910062870+4
Source: Nohlen et al., EISA

* The Alliance was an alliance of the two factions of the Labour Party (9 seats), the Mauritian Socialist Movement (31 seats - 26 constituency and 5 "best loser") and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (4 seats).

† The Union was an alliance of the Mauritian Militant Movement (24 seats), the Democratic Labour Movement and the Socialist Workers' Front.

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
  3. Mauritius: 1987 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
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