General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. Ethnic violence broke out in Port Louis between Muslims, Creoles and Chinese. Anti-riot police used tear gas to restore peace.[1][2]
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All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The result was a victory for the Independence Party, an alliance of the Labour Party, Independent Forward Bloc and Comité d'Action Musulman, which won 43 of the 70 seats,[3] allowing Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to form a government. Voter turnout was 89%.[4]
Electoral system
editThe voting system created twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by a system known as "best losers" whereby the electoral commission would appoint eight unsuccessful candidates to ensure that ethnic minorities were fairly represented.[5]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cons | BL | Total | +/– | |||||
| Independence Party | 444,737 | 54.66 | 39 | 4 | 43 | +13 | ||
| Mauritian Social Democrat Party | 354,193 | 43.53 | 23 | 4 | 27 | +19 | ||
| All Mauritius Hindu Congress | 7,056 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| National Socialist Workers Party | 1,238 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius Liberation Front | 843 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius Workers Party | 501 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Mauritius Young Communist League | 452 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Rodrigues Party | 232 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 4,425 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Total | 813,677 | 100.00 | 62 | 8 | 70 | +30 | ||
| Total votes | 273,557 | – | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 307,683 | 88.91 | ||||||
| Source: Electoral Commission, EISA | ||||||||
The Independence Party consisted of the Labour Party (26 seats), the Independent Forward Bloc (12 seats) and the Muslim Committee of Action (5 seats).
By constituency
edit| Constituency | Elected MPs | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand River North West– Port Louis West |
Gaëtan Duval | PMSD | |
| Abdool Monaf Fakira | PMSD | |||
| Augustin Moignac | PMSD | |||
| 2 | Port Louis South– Port Louis Central |
Abdool Carrim | PMSD | |
| Marc Fok Seung | PMSD | |||
| Reynald Olivier | PMSD | |||
| Guy Balancy (best loser) | Labour | |||
| 3 | Port Louis Maritime– Port Louis East |
Ebrahim Dawood Patel | PMSD | |
| Elias Oozeerally | PMSD | |||
| Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen | PMSD | |||
| Abdool Razack Mohamed (best loser) | CAM | |||
| 4 | Port Louis North– Montagne Longue |
Mohabeer Foogooa | IFB | |
| Raouf Bundhun | CAM | |||
| Raymond Rault | IFB | |||
| Alex Rima (best loser) | PMSD | |||
| 5 | Pamplemousses–Triolet | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Labour | |
| Ramsoondar Modun | Labour | |||
| Lall Jugnauth | IFB | |||
| 6 | Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or | Mooneeswar Hurry | Labour | |
| Bikramsingh Ramlallah | Labour | |||
| Rameshwar Jaypal | IFB | |||
| 7 | Piton–Riviere du Rempart | Hurrypersad Ramnarain | Labour | |
| Beergoonath Ghurburrun | Labour | |||
| Simadree Virahsawmy | IFB | |||
| 8 | Quartier Militaire–Moka | Veerasamy Ringadoo | Labour | |
| Mahess Teeluck | Labour | |||
| Yousuf Mohamed | CAM | |||
| 9 | Flacq–Bon Accueil | Ramnath Jeetah | IFB | |
| Radhamohun Gujadhur | Labour | |||
| Gowtam Teelock | Labour | |||
| 10 | Montagne Blanche– Grand River South East |
Satcam Boolell | Labour | |
| Kher Jagatsingh | Labour | |||
| Abdool Wahab Foondun | IFB | |||
| 11 | Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle | Tarraman Bundhun | Labour | |
| Dayanundlall Basant Rai | IFB | |||
| Sookdeo Bissoondoyal | IFB | |||
| 12 | Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien | Lutchmeeparsad Badry | Labour | |
| Gunnoo Gangaram | IFB | |||
| Harold Walter | Labour | |||
| 13 | Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac | Kistnasamy Sunassee | Labour | |
| Sheik Youssouf Ramjan | CAM | |||
| Dayanand Ramdin | Labour | |||
| 14 | Savanne–Black River | Kumar Gokulsing | Labour | |
| Seewa Bappoo | IFB | |||
| Kistnasamy Tirvengadum | IFB | |||
| 15 | La Caverne–Phoenix | Mohun Persad Kisnah | Labour | |
| Rajmohunsing Jomadar | Labour | |||
| Abdool Hak Mahomed Osman | CAM | |||
| 16 | Vacoas–Floreal | Angidi Chettiar | Labour | |
| Preeduth Awootar Mewasing | Labour | |||
| Joseph Marcel Mason | Labour | |||
| Emmanuel Marie Laval Bussier (best loser) | PMSD | |||
| Tangavel Narrainen (best loser) | PMSD | |||
| Jocelyn Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans (best loser) | PMSD | |||
| 17 | Curepipe–Midlands | Gaëtan de Chazal | PMSD | |
| Guy Marchand | PMSD | |||
| Krishna Ramlagan | PMSD | |||
| 18 | Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes | Maurice Lesage | PMSD | |
| Yvon St. Guillame | PMSD | |||
| Ajum Dahal | PMSD | |||
| Guy Forget (best loser) | Labour | |||
| 19 | Stanley–Rose Hill | Soobramanien Aroonassala Patten | PMSD | |
| Cyril Leckning | PMSD | |||
| Henry Ythier | PMSD | |||
| 20 | Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere | Raymond Rivet | PMSD | |
| Raymind Devienne | PMSD | |||
| Sham Panchoo | PMSD | |||
| Eliézer François (best loser) | Labour | |||
| 21 | Rodrigues | Guy Ollivry | PMSD | |
| Clément Sylvio Roussety | PMSD | |||
| Source: Government of Mauritius | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election". EISA. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ "Port Louis – Rioting against Independence at the General Elections of 1967". Vintage Mauritius. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election results overview EISA
- ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA