Mauritian general election, 2005

5 July 2005 (2005-07-05)

All 70 seats in the National Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Navin Ramgoolam	Paul Berenger
Party	Labour Party	MMM
Leader since	1991	19995
Leader's seat	Pamplemousses and Triolet	Rose-Hill and Stanley
Last election	8 seats	54 seats
Seats before	8	54
Seats won	38	22
Seat change	30	30
Popular vote	948,766	829,460
Percentage	48.8%	42.6%
Swing	12.2%	9.1%

Prime Minister before election

Paul Berenger
MMM

Subsequent Prime Minister

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

Mauritius

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Mauritian general elections took place on 3 July 2005, with polls counted on 4 July.

The Alliance Sociale, a coalition led by the Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) and including the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (MSN), Les Verts (Greens), the Republican Movement, and the Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (MMSM), won the election with 42 of the 70 seats (38 elected directly, and another 4 nominated under the country's "best loser" system). The PTr leader, Navin Ramgoolam, was subsequently appointed Prime Minister on 5 July, with Rashid Beebeejaun as his deputy. Three other coalition leaders were elected, but the Les Verts leader failed to oust outgoing Prime Minister Paul Bérenger from his constituency.

24 seats were won by Bérenger's coalition, consisting of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM); of these, 22 were directly elected and 2 nominated as "best losers". Pravind Jugnauth, the MSM leader, lost his seat to an Alliance Sociale candidate.

The two seats reserved for the island of Rodrigues were won by the Rodrigues Movement (OPR); another 2 OPR members were appointed as "best losers."

8 of the 70 seats are allocated to "best losers," appointed to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented.

Results

The total number of votes is higher than the population because Mauritians get to vote for up to 3 times in a single election.^[1]

**Summary of the 3 July 2005 National Assembly of Mauritius election results**
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats	Additional seats	total seats
Alliance Sociale: Labour Party (Parti Travailliste - PTR) Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD) Les Verts Fraternels Mouvement Républicain Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien (MMSM)	948,766	48.8	38	4	42
Alliance MSM-MMM Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate (PMSD)	829,460	42.6	22	2	24
Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais (OPR)	10,184	0.8	2	2	4
All others	156,538	8.0
Total (Turnout 81.5 %)	1,944,948	100.0	62	8	70
Source: Adam Carr

Every voter has three votes. The total number of votes cast divided by three (648,316) is lower than the actual number people voting (666,178), because not all of them cast three votes. Bulletins which contains 1 or 2 votes are void, and as such only blank bulleting or bulletins with 3 votes are considered.

References

↑ Adam Carr

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