Mauritian general election, 2005

Mauritian general election, 2005
	← List of MPs elected in the Mauritian general election, 2000
All 70 seats in the National Assembly ; 35 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Paul Berenger ; MMM	Subsequent Prime Minister; Navin Ramgoolam ; Labour Party

Last updated April 23, 2019

Mauritian general elections took place on 3 July 2005, with polls counted on 4 July.

The Alliance Sociale , a coalition led by the Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) and including the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (MSN), Les Verts (Greens), the Republican Movement, and the Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (MMSM), won the election with 42 of the 70 seats (38 elected directly, and another 4 nominated under the country's "best loser" system). The PTr leader, Navin Ramgoolam, was subsequently appointed Prime Minister on 5 July, with Rashid Beebeejaun as his deputy. Three other coalition leaders were elected, but the Les Verts leader failed to oust outgoing Prime Minister Paul Bérenger from his constituency.

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Results

The total number of votes is higher than the population because Mauritians get to vote for up to 3 times in a single election.^[1]

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: Labour Party (Parti Travailliste - PTR) Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD) Les Verts Fraternels Mouvement Républicain Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien (MMSM)	948,766	48.8	38	4	42
Alliance MSM-MMM Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate (PMSD)	829,460	42.6	22	2	24
Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais (OPR)	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

Every voter has three votes. The total number of votes cast divided by three (648,316) is lower than the actual number people voting (666,178), because not all of them cast three votes. Bulletins which contains 1 or 2 votes are void, and as such only blank bulleting or bulletins with 3 votes are considered.

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References

↑ Adam Carr

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[1] Adam Carr