Rodrigues People's Organisation

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Rodrigues People's Organisation
Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues
Lorganizasion Lepep Rodrig
AbbreviationOPR
Leader Francisco François [1]
Founder Serge Clair
Founded1976[ when? ]
Ideology Rodriguan separatism [ citation needed ]
Autonomism
Political position Left-wing
National Assembly
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Rodrigues Regional Assembly [ page needed ]
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The Rodrigues People's Organisation (French : Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais; Morisyen : Lorganizasion Lepep Rodrig, OPR) is a political party based on the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius. At the legislative elections of 11 September 2000, the party won two out of 70 seats (both the seats allocated to Rodrigues Island). [2]

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In the 2005 elections, 3 July 2005, the party won two out of 70 seats. [3]

In the 2006 regional election, OPR won eight of 18 seats and subsequently lost government to Rodrigues Movement (MR).

In the 2012 Rodrigues election, OPR won 11 of 21 seats in the Assembly and took control of the island government from MR.

In the 2017 Rodrigues election, OPR won 10 of 17 seats. [4]

In the 2022 Rodrigues election OPR won eight of 17 seats. [5]

In the 2024 Mauritian general election, OPR secured two seats, winning the Rodrigues constituency. [6]

Election results

Legislative elections

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionStatus
1976 Serge Clair 6,3760.53
0 / 70
NewIncrease2.svg 7thNo seats
1982 16,1291.12
2 / 66
Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 5thCoalition
1983 15,9811.16
2 / 70
Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 4thOpposition
1987 17,0441.02
2 / 70
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 4thCoalition
1991 16,0800.95
2 / 66
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 4thCoalition
1995 16,6311.00
2 / 66
Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 6thCoalition
2000 17,3170.93
2 / 70
Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 5thOpposition
2005 20,2931.03
2 / 70
Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 4thOpposition
2010 18,8150.93
1 / 69
Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 5thOpposition
2014 21,8741.07
2 / 69
Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 5thCoalition
2019 20,7770.97
2 / 70
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 5thCoalition
2024 Francisco François22,4160.96
2 / 66
Steady2.svgSteady2.svg 5thCoalition

Regional Assembly elections

ElectionConstituencyParty listTotal seats+/–PositionStatus
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
2002 21,96955.52
8 / 12
10,87454.97
2 / 6
10 / 18
NewIncrease2.svg 1stMajority (2002–2006)
Opposition (2006)
2006 19,06245.79
6 / 12
9,48445.56
2 / 6
8 / 18
Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2ndOpposition
2012 21,27648.65
8 / 12
10,23046.78
3 / 9
11 / 21
Increase2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1stMajority
2017 25,24757.14
10 / 12
12,38656.07
0 / 5
10 / 17
Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 1stMajority
2022 21,89646.95
6 / 12
10,77746.22
2 / 5
8 / 17
Decrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 1stOpposition

References

  1. ↑ "Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais : Avec Francisco François à la tête de l'OPR c'est une nouvelle ère qui commence pour ce parti et pour l'ARR". 10 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Elections to the National Assembly". 2000-09-11. Archived from the original (TXT) on 2005-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Elections to the National Assembly". 2005-07-03. Archived from the original (TXT) on 2005-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Regional Assembly Elections held on 12 February 2017: Summary of Results" (PDF). Office of the Electoral Commissioner - Mauritius. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Regional Assembly Elections held on 27 February 2022: Summary of Results". Office of the Electoral Commissioner - Mauritius. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "ELECTIONS GÉNÉRALES 2024". Le Mauricien (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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