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General elections were held in Mauritius on 23 December 1976. Although the Mauritian Militant Movement won the most seats, a coalition government was formed by the Independence Party and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party. Around 400 candidates representing thirty-one parties contested the election, but only the three aforementioned parties won seats. [1] [2]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Best-loser | Total | ||||
| Mauritian Militant Movement | 469,420 | 40.9 | 30 | 4 | 34 | New |
| Independence Party* | 461,949 | 38.1 | 25 | 3 | 28 | -3 |
| Mauritian Social Democrat Party | 200,559 | 16.5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | -19 |
| Independent Forward Bloc | 26,902 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 |
| Mauritian Democratic Union | 12,505 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Progressive Socialist Party | 9,807 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Rodrigues People's Organisation | 6,376 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement | 5,372 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Progressive Party of the South | 2,223 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Republican Centre Party | 1,636 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Labour Unity Liberals | 800 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Mauritius Muslim Democratic League | 266 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Mauritius People's Progressive Party | 249 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of Mauritius | 244 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Mauritius Muslim Rights | 236 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Mauritius United Party | 186 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Movement and the Mauritian Socialist Youth | 174 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| People's Democratic Party | 143 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Union of the General Population | 92 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 14,021 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Total | 1,213,160 | 100 | 62 | 8 | 70 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||||
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