1967 Mauritian general election

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1967 Mauritian general election
Flag of Mauritius.svg
  1963 7 August 1967 (1967-08-07) 1976  

All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
 First partySecond party
  Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.jpg
Gaetan Duval.jpg
Leader Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Gaëtan Duval
Party Labour Party PMSD
Alliance Independence Party
Last election30 seats34 seats
Seats won4327
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 13Increase2.svg 19
Popular vote444,737354,193
Percentage54.66%43.53%

1967 Mauritian general election - Results by constituency.svg
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]

Contents

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

PartyVotes%Seats
ConsBLTotal+/–
Independence Party 444,73754.6639443+13
Mauritian Social Democrat Party 354,19343.5323427+19
All Mauritius Hindu Congress 7,0560.87000New
National Socialist Workers Party1,2380.15000New
Mauritius Liberation Front8430.10000New
Mauritius Workers Party5010.06000New
Mauritius Young Communist League4520.06000New
Rodrigues Party2320.03000New
Independents4,4250.54000New
Total813,677100.0062870+30
Total votes273,557
Registered voters/turnout307,68388.91
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

ConstituencyElected MPsParty
1Grand River North West–
Port Louis West
Gaëtan Duval   PMSD
Abdool Monaf Fakira  PMSD
Augustin Moignac  PMSD
2Port Louis South–
Port Louis Central
Abdool Carrim  PMSD
Marc Fok Seung  PMSD
Reynald Olivier  PMSD
Guy Balancy (best loser)  Labour
3Port Louis Maritime–
Port Louis East
Ebrahim Dawood Patel  PMSD
Elias Oozeerally  PMSD
Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen   PMSD
Abdool Razack Mohamed (best loser)  CAM
4Port Louis North–
Montagne Longue
Mohabeer Foogooa  IFB
Raouf Bundhun   CAM
Raymond Rault  IFB
Alex Rima (best loser)  PMSD
5Pamplemousses–Triolet Seewoosagur Ramgoolam   Labour
Ramsoondar Modun  Labour
Lall Jugnauth   IFB
6Grand Baie–Poudre D'OrMooneeswar Hurry  Labour
Bikramsingh Ramlallah   Labour
Rameshwar Jaypal  IFB
7Piton–Riviere du RempartHurrypersad Ramnarain  Labour
Beergoonath Ghurburrun  Labour
Simadree Virahsawmy  IFB
8Quartier Militaire–Moka Veerasamy Ringadoo   Labour
Mahess Teeluck  Labour
Yousuf Mohamed   CAM
9Flacq–Bon AccueilRamnath Jeetah  IFB
Radhamohun Gujadhur  Labour
Gowtam Teelock  Labour
10Montagne Blanche–
Grand River South East
Satcam Boolell   Labour
Kher Jagatsingh   Labour
Abdool Wahab Foondun   IFB
11Vieux Grand Port–Rose BelleTarraman Bundhun  Labour
Dayanundlall Basant Rai  IFB
Sookdeo Bissoondoyal   IFB
12Mahebourg–Plaine MagnienLutchmeeparsad Badry  Labour
Gunnoo Gangaram  IFB
Harold Walter  Labour
13Riviere des Anguilles–SouillacKistnasamy Sunassee  Labour
Sheik Youssouf Ramjan  CAM
Dayanand Ramdin  Labour
14Savanne–Black RiverKumar Gokulsing  Labour
Seewa Bappoo  IFB
Kistnasamy Tirvengadum  IFB
15La Caverne–PhoenixMohun Persad Kisnah  Labour
Rajmohunsing Jomadar  Labour
Abdool Hak Mahomed Osman  CAM
16Vacoas–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
17Curepipe–MidlandsGaëtan de Chazal  PMSD
Guy Marchand  PMSD
Krishna Ramlagan  PMSD
18Belle Rose–Quatre BornesMaurice Lesage  PMSD
Yvon St. Guillame  PMSD
Ajum Dahal  PMSD
Guy Forget (best loser)  Labour
19Stanley–Rose HillSoobramanien Aroonassala Patten  PMSD
Cyril Leckning  PMSD
Henry Ythier  PMSD
20Beau Bassin–Petite RiviereRaymond Rivet  PMSD
Raymind Devienne  PMSD
Sham Panchoo  PMSD
Eliézer François (best loser)  Labour
21RodriguesGuy 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