1982 Mauritian general election
11 June 1982 (1982-06-11)
All 60 seats in the National Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Anerood Jugnauth Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Party MMM Labour Party
Alliance MMM/PSM
Leader since 1976 1961
Leader's seat Piton & Riviere Du Rempart Pamplemousses and Triolet
Last election 34 seats 28 seats
Seats before 34 28
Seats won 42 2
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 26
Popular vote 906,800 357,385
Percentage 63.0% 24.8%
Swing Increase 22.1% Decrease 16.9%
Prime Minister before election

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Labour Party

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Anerood Jugnauth
MMM

General elections were held in Mauritius on 11 June 1982. 360 candidates representing 22 parties contested the election,[1] the result of which was a landslide victory for the Mauritian Militant Movement–Mauritian Socialist Party alliance, which won all 60 of the directly elected mainland seats.[2]

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",[3] although following this election, only four "best loser" seats were awarded. Voter turnout was 87.3%.[4]

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam received funding from the CIA during the election.[5]

Results

Of the 60 seats won by the MMM–MSP alliance, 42 were taken by the MMM and 18 by the MSP.

PartyVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal+/–
MMM–MSP906,80063.0260060+26
National Alliance Party[lower-alpha 1]357,38524.84022–26
Mauritian Social Democrat Party120,2148.36022–6
Rodrigues People's Organisation16,1291.12202+2
Mauritian Islamic Party9,3340.65000New
Independent Forward Bloc6,1340.430000
Mauritian Democratic Union1,5580.110000
National Liberation Front1,3250.09000New
Mauritius National Party1,2850.09000New
Liberal Movement of the North9100.06000New
Mauritius Young Labour Movement5230.04000New
Republican Centre Party4540.030000
Independent Democratic Movement3340.02000New
Socialist Zenes2650.02000New
Mauritian Radical Movement2550.02000New
Organisation of Mauritian People1890.01000New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius-Hindu Progressive Movement1180.01000New
Mauritian Socialist Congress1150.01000New
Dhravediennes United Party960.01000New
Independents15,3931.070000
Total1,438,816100.0062466–4
Source: Nohlen et al.
  1. ↑ Alliance of the Labour Party, Muslim Committee of Action and dissidents from the Mauritian Social Democrat Party.

References

  1. ↑ Mauritius: General election of June 1982 EISA
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  3. ↑ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
  4. ↑ Mauritius: 1982 Legislative Assembly election results EISA
  5. ↑ Levin, Dov H. (2016-09-19). "Partisan electoral interventions by the great powers: Introducing the PEIG Dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 36 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1177/0738894216661190. ISSN 0738-8942.
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