Mauritian general election, 1983

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General elections were held in Mauritius on 21 August 1983. The result was a victory for an alliance of the Labour Party, the Mauritian Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party, which between them won 46 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 81.1%.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats			+/-
			Constituency	Best-loser	Total
Mauritian Militant Movement	629,528	45.6	19	3	22	-20
Labour Party-MSM	575,996	41.7	41	5	46	+24
Mauritian Social Democrat Party	140,864	10.2
Rodrigues People's Organisation	15,981	1.2	2	0	2	0
Lalit	3,116	0.2	0	0	0	New
Independent Mauritian Front	2,637	0.2	0	0	0	New
Progressive Labour Party	2,143	0.2	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Democratic Movement	1,036	0.1	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Grouping	735	0.1	0	0	0	New
Communist Party of Mauritius	704	0.1	0	0	0	New
Liberal Movement of the North	572	0.1	0	0	0	0
Progressive Movement	426	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian People's Party	358	0.0	0	0	0	New
Socialist Grouping of the South	241	0.0	0	0	0	New
Mauritian Muslim Rights	156	0.0	0	0	0	New
Independents	6,658	0.5	0	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	5,543	-	-	-	-	-
Total	470,008*	100	62	8	70	+4
Source: Nohlen et al

* Total number of voters (voters could cast more than one vote).

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: 1983 Legislative Assembly election results EISA