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

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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
Last election 41 seats 22 seats
Seats won 40 24
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 675,757 789,268
Percentage 40.5% 47.3%

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

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All 24 seats won by the Union were taken by the MMM. Of the 40 seats won by the MSM–Labour Party alliance, 31 were won by the MSM (26 constituency, five best loser) and nine by the Labour Party (all constituency seats).[4]

PartyVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal+/–
Union (MMMDLMSWF)789,26847.3021324+2
Alliance (MSMLabour Party)675,75740.5035540–1
Mauritian Social Democrat Party141,8788.50404–1
Rodrigues People's Organisation17,0441.022020
Rodrigues People's Grouping11,8260.71000New
Lalit8,7230.520000
Mauritian People's Party3,7940.230000
MTS2,0770.12000New
OMT-FNAS1,5290.09000New
MEM/PE6780.04000New
Mauritian Future6760.04000New
National Mauritius Muslim Rights6060.04000New
Progressive Socialist Movement5900.04000New
Mauritian Planters Movement5240.03000New
Rally for the Economy and Development5120.03000New
Socialist Movement of the South4590.03000New
Mario Fabien Grouping3620.02000New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius2400.01000New
People's Democratic Movement1170.01000New
Mauritian National Party570.00000New
Mauritius United Party540.00000New
Mauritian Unity Organisation410.00000New
Independents11,9270.710000
Total1,668,739100.00628700
Registered voters/turnout639,491
Source: Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al., African Elections Database

References

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  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 EISA
  3. ^ Mauritius: 1987 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
  4. ^ Elections in Mauritius African Elections Database