1987 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 30 August 1987. The result was a victory for the Alliance, composed of the Labour Party , the Mauritian Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party , which won 44 of the 70 seats.[1]
The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues , and up to eight seats were filled by the "best losers".[2] Voter turnout was 85%.[3]
All 24 seats won by the Union were taken by the MMM. Of the 40 seats won by the MSM–Labour Party alliance, 31 were won by the MSM (26 constituency, five best loser) and nine by the Labour Party (all constituency seats).[4]
Party Votes % Seats Cons BL Total +/– Union (MMM –DLM–SWF) 789,268 47.30 21 3 24 +2 Alliance (MSM –Labour Party ) 675,757 40.50 35 5 40 –1 Mauritian Social Democrat Party 141,878 8.50 4 0 4 –1 Rodrigues People's Organisation 17,044 1.02 2 0 2 0 Rodrigues People's Grouping 11,826 0.71 0 0 0 New Lalit 8,723 0.52 0 0 0 0 Mauritian People's Party 3,794 0.23 0 0 0 0 MTS 2,077 0.12 0 0 0 New OMT-FNAS 1,529 0.09 0 0 0 New MEM/PE 678 0.04 0 0 0 New Mauritian Future 676 0.04 0 0 0 New National Mauritius Muslim Rights 606 0.04 0 0 0 New Progressive Socialist Movement 590 0.04 0 0 0 New Mauritian Planters Movement 524 0.03 0 0 0 New Rally for the Economy and Development 512 0.03 0 0 0 New Socialist Movement of the South 459 0.03 0 0 0 New Mario Fabien Grouping 362 0.02 0 0 0 New Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius 240 0.01 0 0 0 New People's Democratic Movement 117 0.01 0 0 0 New Mauritian National Party 57 0.00 0 0 0 New Mauritius United Party 54 0.00 0 0 0 New Mauritian Unity Organisation 41 0.00 0 0 0 New Independents 11,927 0.71 0 0 0 0 Total 1,668,739 100.00 62 8 70 0 Registered voters/turnout 639,491 – Source: Electoral Commission , Nohlen et al ., African Elections Database
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