Mauritian general election, 1987

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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]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats			+/-
			Constituency	Best-loser	Total
Union†	789,268	47.3	21	3	24	+2
Alliance*	675,757	40.3	39	5	44	-2
Mauritian Social Democrat Party	141,878	8.5
Rodrigues People's Organisation	17,044	1.0	2	0	2	0
Rodrigues People's Grouping	11,826	0.7	0	0	0	New
Lalit	8,723	0.5	0	0	0	0
Mauritian People's Party	3,794	0.2	0	0	0	0
MTS	2,077	0.1	0	0	0	New
OMT-FNAS	1,529	0.1	0	0	0	New
MEM/PE	678	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Future	676	0.0	0	0	0	New
National Mauritius Muslim Rights	606	0.0	0	0	0	New
Progressive Socialist Movement	590	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Planters Movement	524	0.0	0	0	0	New
Rally for the Economy and Development	512	0.0	0	0	0	New
Socialist Movement of the South	459	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mario Fabien Grouping	362	0.0	0	0	0	New
Tamil Fraternity of Mauritius	240	0.0	0	0	0	New
People's Democratic Movement	117	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian National Party	57	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritius United Party	54	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Unity Organisation	41	0.0	0	0	0	New
Independents	11,927	0.7	0	0	0	0
Total	1,668,739	100	62	8	70	+4
Source: Nohlen et al, EISA

* The Alliance was an alliance of the two factions of the Labour Party (9 seats), the Mauritian Socialist Movement (31 seats - 26 constituency and 5 "best loser") and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (4 seats).

† The Union was an alliance of the Mauritian Militant Movement (24 seats), the Democratic Labour Movement and the Socialist Workers' Front.

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 ISBN 0198296452
2. ^ Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election EISA
3. ^ Mauritius: 1987 Legislative Assembly election results EISA