1991 Mauritian general election

1991 Mauritian general election
All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly ; (and up to 8 BLS seats)
	Result by constituency
Prime Minister before election; Anerood Jugnauth ; MSM	Subsequent Prime Minister; Anerood Jugnauth ; MSM

Last updated December 08, 2024

General elections were held in Mauritius on 15 September 1991.^[1] Three main parties gained seats in this election: the Militant Socialist Movement, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Labour Party. The MSM formed an alliance with the MMM and the Labour Party formed an alliance with the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD). On 17 September 1991, results showed that MSM-MMM won 57 out of 66 seats.^[2] This gave 95% of seats to MSM-MMM leader Anerood Jugnauth and 5% to Labour Party-PMSD leader Navin Ramgoolam.

Campaign

The main political parties taking part in the elections were the Militant Socialist Movement and Labour Party which were the current government, and the Mauritian Militant Movement which was the current opposition party. Earlier that year, Navin Ramgoolam ^[3] became the leader of the Labour Party. As a result, the MSM-Labour Party coalition broke down in February 1991 because Ramgoolam demanded that the deal between the parties should be reviewed and that the MSM leader, Anerood Jugnauth, should hold the office of Prime Minister for half of the term (two and a half years), with Ramgoolam serving out the remainder of the term. However, Jugnauth did not want to step aside in favour of Ramgoolam. Ramgoolam then announced that his party would contest the elections due September on its own.

Jugnauth proposed an electoral pact with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the party which Jugnauth himself had formerly led between 1976 and 1983, before the formation of the MSM. The two parties agreed that Anerood Jugnauth would remain Prime Minister for the full term of 5 years and that MMM leader Paul Bérenger would serve in his Cabinet. Bérenger later became Minister of External Affairs.^[4]

During the term, Rama Sithanen, Sheila Bappoo and Dharam Gokhool defected from the MSM to the Mauritian Labour Party. The defections put the MSM under increasing strain, and Jugnauth came under pressure to hold general elections in 1995 rather than 1996, as constitutionally scheduled.

Results



Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Cons	BL	Total	+/–
	MSM–MMM–MTD		Militant Socialist Movement	944,521	56.29	29	0	29	–2
			Mauritian Militant Movement			26	0	26	+2
			Democratic Labour Movement			2	0	2	+2
		Total				57	0	57	+2
	PTR–MSDP		Labour Party	670,631	39.97	3	3	6	–3
			Mauritian Social Democratic Party			0	1	0	–3
		Total				3	4	7	–6
	Rodrigues People's Grouping			11,646	0.69	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Action Party			6,053	0.36	0	0	0	New
	Mauritian People's Party			5,696	0.34	0	0	0	0
	Hizbullah			5,550	0.33	0	0	0	New
	Militant Workers Party			2,137	0.13	0	0	0	New
	Socialist Movement of the South			686	0.04	0	0	0	0
	Communist Party of Mauritius			358	0.02	0	0	0	New
	Mauritius Party Rights			243	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius			191	0.01	0	0	0	0
	Mauritius United Party			160	0.01	0	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Party			121	0.01	0	0	0	New
	Independents			30,005	1.79	0	0	0	0
Total				1,677,998	100.00	62	4	66	–4

Registered voters/turnout				680,836	–
Source: Electoral Commission, Nohlen et al., African Elections Database

By constituency

Constituency		Elected MPs
1	Grand River North West– Port Louis West	Ange Mathieu Laclé	MMM
		Edouard Jérôme Boulle	MMM
		Georges Alain Laridon	MMM
2	Port Louis South– Port Louis Central	Ahmad Sulliman Jeewah	MMM
		Azize Asgarally	MSM
		Noël Lee Cheong Lem	MMM
3	Port Louis Maritime– Port Louis East	Cassam Uteem	MMM
		Osman Gendoo	MMM
		Bashir Ahmud Khodabux	MMM
4	Port Louis North– Montagne Longue	Parmanund Brizmohun	MSM
		José Arunasalom	MMM
		Claude Raymond Genevieve	MSM
5	Pamplemousses–Triolet	Navin Ramgoolam	Labour
		Jyaneshwur Jhurry	MSM
		Premdut Koonjoo	MSM
6	Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or	Dharmanand Goopt Fokeer	MMM
		Madan Dulloo	MMM
		Armoogum Parsooraman	MSM
		Gaëtan Duval (best loser)	PMSD
7	Piton–Riviere du Rempart	Anerood Jugnauth	MSM
		Dwarkanath Gungah	MSM
		Mahyendrah Utchanah	MSM
8	Quartier Militaire–Moka	Ashok Jugnauth	MSM
		Sutyadeo Moutia	MSM
		Retnon Pyneeandee	MSM
9	Flacq–Bon Accueil	Anil Bachoo	MTD
		Rajnarain Guttee	MSM
		Roodrashen Neewoor	MSM
10	Montagne Blanche– Grand River South East	Ramduthsing Jaddoo	MSM
		Jagdishwar Goburdhun	MSM
		Mohammud Zeelannee Peerun	MMM
11	Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle	Arvin Boolell	Labour
		Satish Dayal	MSM
		Subhas Chandra Lallah	MMM
12	Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien	Vasant Bunwaree	Labour
		Ivan Collendavelloo	MMM
		Mookhesswur Choonee	MSM
13	Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac	Hurreeprem Aumeer	MMM
		Prem Nababsing	MMM
		Swalay Kasenally	MMM
14	Savanne–Black River	Alan Ganoo	MMM
		Germain Comarmond	MSM
		Sooroojdev Phokeer	MSM
15	La Caverne–Phoenix	Louis Steven Obeegadoo	MMM
		Iswurdeo Seetaram	MSM
		Showkutally Soodhun	MSM
		Razack Peeroo (best loser)	Labour
16	Vacoas–Floreal	Sheilabai Bappoo	MSM
		Dharambeer Gokhool	MSM
		Karl Offmann	MSM
17	Curepipe–Midlands	Louis Amédée Darga	MMM
		Maxime Sauzier	MSM
		Sanjit Kumar Teelock	MTD
		Clarel Desiré Malherbe (best loser)	Labour
18	Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes	Kailash Ruhee	MMM
		Rama Sithanen	MSM
		Michael Glover	MSM
19	Stanley–Rose Hill	Jayen Cuttaree	MMM
		Jean–Claude De L'Estrac	MMM
		Paul Bérenger	MMM
		Siddick Chady (best loser)	Labour
20	Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere	Rajesh Bhagwan	MMM
		Joceline Minerve	MMM
		Jean Régis Finette	MSM
21	Rodrigues	Serge Clair	OPR
21	Rodrigues	Joseph Jolicoeur	OPR
Source: Government of Mauritius

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References

↑ Mauritius: 1991 National Assembly election results EISA
↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Dr Ramgoolam Navinchandra, GCSK, FRCP Government of Mauritius
↑ Bérenger Paul Raymond, GCSK Government of Mauritius

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[1] Mauritius: 1991 National Assembly election results EISA

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[3] Dr Ramgoolam Navinchandra, GCSK, FRCP Government of Mauritius

[4] Bérenger Paul Raymond, GCSK Government of Mauritius

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