Elections in Mauritius - 2005 General Election

2005 General Election

The total number of votes is higher than the population because Mauritians get to cast 3 votes in a single election.

e • d Summary of the 3 July 2005 National Assembly of Mauritius election results
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats Additional seats total seats
Alliance Sociale:
  • Mauritian Labour Party (Parti Travailliste)
  • Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval)
  • The Greens (Les Verts)
  • Republican Movement
  • Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien)
 948,766 48.8 38 4 42
Alliance MSM-MMM
  • Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien)
  • Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialiste Militant)
  • Mauritian Social Democrat Party (Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate)
 829,460 42.6 22 2 24
Rodrigues People's Organisation (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) 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

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