1967 Mauritian general election

1967 Mauritian general election

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All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
First party Second party   Leader Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Gaëtan Duval Party Labour Party PMSD Alliance Independence Party Last election 30 seats 34 seats Seats won 43 27 Seat change 13 19 Popular vote 444,737 354,193 Percentage 54.66% 43.53%
Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
Chief Minister before election Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party Subsequent Chief Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party

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]}

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

The 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

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

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

1. "Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election". EISA. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
2. "Port Louis – Rioting against Independence at the General Elections of 1967". Vintage Mauritius. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
3. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN   0-19-829645-2
4. Mauritius: 1967 Legislative Assembly election results overview EISA
5. Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA