- Mauritian Social Democrat Party
-
Mauritian Social Democrat Party
PMSD[[File:|250px]] Leader Xavier Luc Duval MP Founder Jules Koenig President Maurice Allet Founded 6th April 1955 Ideology Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Conservatism Political position Right-wing politics and Centre-left International affiliation None Official colours blue National Assembly of Mauritius Website http://www.pmsd.mu/ Politics of Mauritius
Political parties
ElectionsThe Mauritian Social Democratic Party (French: Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate) is a political party in Mauritius. It is conservative and francophile.[1] It is the 4th biggest political party in the National Assembly after Mauritian Labour Party, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Militant Socialist Movement. It has 4 Mps directly elected from the 2010 general elections.
Founded in 1956 by Jules Koenig, this party is one of the oldest parties in the country. It was earlier known as the Mauritian Union from 1946 to 1956. After the post-colonial era, the PMSD was led by Sir Gaetan Duval from 1967 to 1995. The PMSD is known as the only political party which was not agreeing for an independent Mauritius. It started out with a huge mass in the minority communities such as the Christians and the Muslims and then with the arrival of the MMM in the 1970's, it faded its way. In 1967, it held 23 seats, in 1976 it held only 7 and until now it holds only 4 Mps. It is now focused with the Creole community and has been a loyal ally of the Mauritian Labour Party since long.
In 2000 it formed part of the historical MSM/MMM alliance as a minority party. It joined the Social Alliance which was ruled the Labour Party and its other allies. In 2009, it merged with the Xavier Duval Mauritian Party and retained its name but however Xavier Luc Duval became leader and Maurice Allet became President.
References
Political parties in Mauritius Alliance Ptr-MSM-PMSD (45 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritius) MMM (20 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritius) Representative from Rodrigues (4 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritius) Parties outside of the National Assembly of Mauritius Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Mauritius Categories:- Political parties in Mauritius
- African political party stubs
- Mauritius stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.