Constituencies of Mauritius
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Constituencies of Mauritius are the electoral boundaries of the Republic.The country follows the Westminster and elects 60 members of parliament for a run of 5 years .There are in all 21 constituencies in the Republic each of them returning 3 members with the exception of Constituency No 21 ,which returns only 2 members.The constitution stipulates in there shall be 20 constituencies and 1 created specially for the island Rodrigues
as being part of the Republic.T
Those electoral boundaries are considered to be the main pillars for elections as they allow members of parliament to be elected and thus to form the government .As mentioned in the constitution ,The Electoral Boundaries Commission shall review the boundaries of the constituencies at such times as will enable them to present a report to the Assembly 10 years, as near as may be, after 12 August 1966 and, thereafter, 10 years after presentation of their last report.
The report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission shall make recommendations for any alterations to the boundaries of the constituencies as appear to the Commission to be required so that the number of inhabitants of each constituency is as nearly equal as is reasonably practicable to the population quota that is the number of inhabitants of a constituency may be greater or less than the population quota in order to take account of means of communication, geographical features, density of population and the boundaries of administrative areas.
The results showed a directly members would be including 24 MPs of Hindu community ,3 Mps elected from the Muslims ,1 Mp elected from the sino-Mauritians and the 12 resting Mps were of Christian group .This affected the equality of representation thought ethnic groups which are considered as very sensible subject and then government decided to amend the law and move it to a system of Best Loser.
In order to ensure a fair and adequate representation of each community, there shall be 8 seats in the Assembly, additional to the 62 seats for members representing constituencies, which shall so far as is possible be allocated to persons belonging to parties who have stood as candidates for election as members at the general election but have not been returned as members to represent constituencies.As soon as is practicable after all the returns have been made of persons elected at any general election as members to represent constituencies, the 8 additional seats shall be allocated in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph by the Electoral Supervisory Commission which shall so far as is possible make a separate determination in respect of each seat to ascertain the appropriate unreturned candidate (if any) to fill that seat.
The first 4 of the 8 seats shall so far as is possible each be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidate, if any, who is a member of a party and who belongs to the appropriate community, regardless of which party he belongs to.
When the first 4 seats (or as many as possible of those seats) have been allocated, the number of such seats that have been allocated to persons who belong to parties, other than the most successful party, shall be ascertained and so far as is possible that number of seats out of the second 4 seats shall one by one be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidates (if any) belonging both to the most successful party and to the appropriate community or where there is no unreturned candidate of the appropriate community, to the most successful unreturned candidates belonging to the most successful party, irrespective of community.
Where at any time before the next dissolution of Parliament one of the 8 seats falls vacant, the seat shall as soon as is reasonably practicable after the occurrence of the vacancy be allocated by the Electoral Supervisory Commission to the most successful unreturned candidate (if any) available who belongs to the appropriate community and to the party to whom the person to whom the seat was allocated at the last general election belonged:
Provided that, where no candidate of the appropriate community who belongs to that party is available, the seat shall be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidate available who belongs to the appropriate community and who belongs to such other party as is designated by the leader of the party with no available candidate.The appropriate community means, in relation to the allocation of any of the 8 seats, the community that has an unreturned candidate available (being a person of the appropriate party, where the seat is one of the second 4 seats) and that would have the highest number of persons (as determined by reference to the results of the published 1972 official census of the whole population of Mauritius) in relation to the number of seats in the Assembly held immediately before the allocation of the seat by persons belonging to that community (whether as members elected to represent constituencies or otherwise), where the seat was also held by a person belonging to that community:
Provided that, if, in relation to the allocation of any seat, 2 or more communities have the same number of persons as aforesaid preference shall be given to the community with an unreturned candidate who was more successful than the unreturned candidates of the other community or communities (that candidate and those other candidates being persons of the appropriate party, where the seat is one of the second 4 seats).The degree of success of a party shall, for the purposes of allocating any of the 8 seats at any general election of members of the Assembly, be assessed by reference to the number of candidates belonging to that party returned as members to represent constituencies at that election as compared with the respective numbers of candidates of other parties so returned, no account being taken of a party that had no candidates so returned or of any change in the membership of the Assembly occurring because the seat of a member so returned becomes vacant for any cause, and the degree of success of an unreturned candidate of a particular community (or of a particular party and community) at any general election shall be assessed by comparing the percentage of all the valid votes cast in the constituency in which he stood for election secured by him at that election with the percentages of all the valid votes cast in the respective constituencies in which they stood for election so secured by other unreturned candidates of that particular community (or as the case may be, of that particular party and that particular community), no account being taken of the percentage of votes secured by any unreturned candidate who has already been allocated one of the 8 seats at that election or by any unreturned candidate who is not a member of a party:
Provided that if, in relation to the allocation of any seat, any 2 or more parties have the same number of candidates returned as members elected to represent constituencies, preference shall be given to the party with an appropriate unreturned candidate who was more successful than the appropriate unreturned candidate or candidates of the other party or parties.
Therefore according to the system ,no Hindus have the right to be elected because they already form a rather big majority of those ethnic groups .However taking on ethnic groups ,some Hindus who are Tamil speakers ,telegu speakers and marathi speakers have been elected through the system and it was done lastly in 2000.
All of the vicinity fall in the boundaries of the Capital and thus form one of the 4 constituencies of Port Louis city. On political fields ,since long dated to 1976 ,the MMM
has made a bastion of it .It is home to MMM MPs since long and no other parties have been able to be elected there .
Some famous members of parliament from the constituency is ,Late Dr James Burty ,former Minister of Rodrigues & Outer Islands and Anne Navarre Marie who is former Minister of Women Rights and still Mp elected from the constituency .It is noted that the constituency is composed of the GRNW Prison and different rehabilitation centers as well as handicapped centers and various orphanage. It also contains the University of Technology, Mauritius
situated at la Tour Koenig .
Much interest has been showed on this constituency as 34 prisoners mounted a mutiny and escaped from the GRNW prison in June 2010.
Members elected for 5 May 2010 elections are as below
The Deputy Prime Minister
Rashid Beebeejaun
is member of parliament from this constituency. He has been MP since 1995 and has been elected in 1995, 2000, 2005 and now lastly in 2010 .He is one of the leaders of the actual Government. Some formers famous Mps are Sylvio Tang, former Minister of Consumer Protection Unit.
The constituency was mostly a bastion of the MMM
precisely from the very beginning to 2005 until Rashid Beebeejaun
changed political views and separated himself from the MMM .He entered the Mauritian Labour Party
and the consituency became a bastion of Labours .
Members of Parliament elected are as follows
since the 1970s .The government of the MSM
led by Sir Anerood Jugnauth had impoverish this constituency as they never had a candidate elected from there .All candidates elected were from the opposition side .Therefore they did not have an MP minister for long and taking into account that this particular electorate had not vote for Jugnauth and his government ,the latter initiated the 'if you not with us , you are against us' . It was the constituency which was let behind by then government in the 1980s making it one of the poorest areas along with constituency no1 .
The areas in this constituency are Plain Verte ,Roche Bois, Terre Rouge ,Batri Casser ,Caro calyptus among others. The 2010 elections resulted in having an MMM MP namely Ameer Mea , a Labour Party MP , minister for work Shakeel Mohammed and Cehl Meeah , leader of the Front Solidariter Mauricien .
government in the 80's as he had no Mps elected from there .It is a disputed constituency between the majority of Hindus and Creoles .
This constituency has always been a MMM
bastion since 1976 but is now disputed between the three main political parties , the MSM
, MMM
and the Mauritian Labour Party
.It has recorded a total number of 46,179 voters in the 2010 elections .
since independence .It starts with the areas covering Pamplemousses ,Triolet ,Trou aux Biches ending near Mon Choisy .It is the 2nd most populous constituency with 56,620 voters registered after Constituency No 14 .It is a constituency which has a overall majority of Hindus reaching nearly 80% of the voters .
It has been the constituency of Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
the father of the nation of the country. It is the only electorate to have return two Prime Ministers , Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
and Navin Ramgoolam
,the incumbent office holder .It is a decisive boundary as most labour Mps are elected from there .
From 1968 to 1982 , Sir Ramgoolam was MP and from 1991 ,Navin Ramgoolam has been returned every time as 1st Member elected . The Prime Minister being always a Hindu is a very important factor to win over the elections . The MMM has never won any Mp from there alone .
The MPs from 2010 elections are as below
Rodrigues
Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Rodrigo or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Portuguese form of Roderick, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" and "ric" ,...
as being part of the Republic.T
Those electoral boundaries are considered to be the main pillars for elections as they allow members of parliament to be elected and thus to form the government .As mentioned in the constitution ,The Electoral Boundaries Commission shall review the boundaries of the constituencies at such times as will enable them to present a report to the Assembly 10 years, as near as may be, after 12 August 1966 and, thereafter, 10 years after presentation of their last report.
The report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission shall make recommendations for any alterations to the boundaries of the constituencies as appear to the Commission to be required so that the number of inhabitants of each constituency is as nearly equal as is reasonably practicable to the population quota that is the number of inhabitants of a constituency may be greater or less than the population quota in order to take account of means of communication, geographical features, density of population and the boundaries of administrative areas.
History of Constituencies
Before 1967 ,according to the ancient constitution ,Mauritius was divided into 40 constituencies .This was represented each an elected member of parliament which would elect a Chief Minister along with a council .The constituencies still remains moreover the same till now but the new Constitution provided in 1992 ,many of the small 40 constituencies has been mixed to form a total of 21.The results showed a directly members would be including 24 MPs of Hindu community ,3 Mps elected from the Muslims ,1 Mp elected from the sino-Mauritians and the 12 resting Mps were of Christian group .This affected the equality of representation thought ethnic groups which are considered as very sensible subject and then government decided to amend the law and move it to a system of Best Loser.
The Best Loser System
The Best Loser System is a method used in Mauritius to make sure that the minorities ethnic groups are well and equitably represented in the parliament .Apart from 62 directly elected members ,the constitution provides 8 additional seats which are allocated to the best losers who were candidates from the appropriate ethnic groups ,namely the minorities.Minorities are mainly build of Christians and Muslims with a small percentage of Sino-Mauritian.In order to ensure a fair and adequate representation of each community, there shall be 8 seats in the Assembly, additional to the 62 seats for members representing constituencies, which shall so far as is possible be allocated to persons belonging to parties who have stood as candidates for election as members at the general election but have not been returned as members to represent constituencies.As soon as is practicable after all the returns have been made of persons elected at any general election as members to represent constituencies, the 8 additional seats shall be allocated in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph by the Electoral Supervisory Commission which shall so far as is possible make a separate determination in respect of each seat to ascertain the appropriate unreturned candidate (if any) to fill that seat.
The first 4 of the 8 seats shall so far as is possible each be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidate, if any, who is a member of a party and who belongs to the appropriate community, regardless of which party he belongs to.
When the first 4 seats (or as many as possible of those seats) have been allocated, the number of such seats that have been allocated to persons who belong to parties, other than the most successful party, shall be ascertained and so far as is possible that number of seats out of the second 4 seats shall one by one be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidates (if any) belonging both to the most successful party and to the appropriate community or where there is no unreturned candidate of the appropriate community, to the most successful unreturned candidates belonging to the most successful party, irrespective of community.
Where at any time before the next dissolution of Parliament one of the 8 seats falls vacant, the seat shall as soon as is reasonably practicable after the occurrence of the vacancy be allocated by the Electoral Supervisory Commission to the most successful unreturned candidate (if any) available who belongs to the appropriate community and to the party to whom the person to whom the seat was allocated at the last general election belonged:
Provided that, where no candidate of the appropriate community who belongs to that party is available, the seat shall be allocated to the most successful unreturned candidate available who belongs to the appropriate community and who belongs to such other party as is designated by the leader of the party with no available candidate.The appropriate community means, in relation to the allocation of any of the 8 seats, the community that has an unreturned candidate available (being a person of the appropriate party, where the seat is one of the second 4 seats) and that would have the highest number of persons (as determined by reference to the results of the published 1972 official census of the whole population of Mauritius) in relation to the number of seats in the Assembly held immediately before the allocation of the seat by persons belonging to that community (whether as members elected to represent constituencies or otherwise), where the seat was also held by a person belonging to that community:
Provided that, if, in relation to the allocation of any seat, 2 or more communities have the same number of persons as aforesaid preference shall be given to the community with an unreturned candidate who was more successful than the unreturned candidates of the other community or communities (that candidate and those other candidates being persons of the appropriate party, where the seat is one of the second 4 seats).The degree of success of a party shall, for the purposes of allocating any of the 8 seats at any general election of members of the Assembly, be assessed by reference to the number of candidates belonging to that party returned as members to represent constituencies at that election as compared with the respective numbers of candidates of other parties so returned, no account being taken of a party that had no candidates so returned or of any change in the membership of the Assembly occurring because the seat of a member so returned becomes vacant for any cause, and the degree of success of an unreturned candidate of a particular community (or of a particular party and community) at any general election shall be assessed by comparing the percentage of all the valid votes cast in the constituency in which he stood for election secured by him at that election with the percentages of all the valid votes cast in the respective constituencies in which they stood for election so secured by other unreturned candidates of that particular community (or as the case may be, of that particular party and that particular community), no account being taken of the percentage of votes secured by any unreturned candidate who has already been allocated one of the 8 seats at that election or by any unreturned candidate who is not a member of a party:
Provided that if, in relation to the allocation of any seat, any 2 or more parties have the same number of candidates returned as members elected to represent constituencies, preference shall be given to the party with an appropriate unreturned candidate who was more successful than the appropriate unreturned candidate or candidates of the other party or parties.
Therefore according to the system ,no Hindus have the right to be elected because they already form a rather big majority of those ethnic groups .However taking on ethnic groups ,some Hindus who are Tamil speakers ,telegu speakers and marathi speakers have been elected through the system and it was done lastly in 2000.
Constituency No 1
The Constituency, namely Grand River North West and Port Louis West is mainly composed of Christianity majority. It comprises part of Pailles, Point Aux Sables, La Tour König, GRNW and west part of Port Louis. With 40,572 voters, it is one of the most underdeveloped areas of Port Louis.All of the vicinity fall in the boundaries of the Capital and thus form one of the 4 constituencies of Port Louis city. On political fields ,since long dated to 1976 ,the MMM
Mauritian Militant Movement
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger....
has made a bastion of it .It is home to MMM MPs since long and no other parties have been able to be elected there .
Some famous members of parliament from the constituency is ,Late Dr James Burty ,former Minister of Rodrigues & Outer Islands and Anne Navarre Marie who is former Minister of Women Rights and still Mp elected from the constituency .It is noted that the constituency is composed of the GRNW Prison and different rehabilitation centers as well as handicapped centers and various orphanage. It also contains the University of Technology, Mauritius
University of Technology, Mauritius
The University of Technology, Mauritius is a public university in Mauritius. The main campus lies in La Tour Koenig, Pointe aux Sables within the district of Port Louis...
situated at la Tour Koenig .
Much interest has been showed on this constituency as 34 prisoners mounted a mutiny and escaped from the GRNW prison in June 2010.
Members elected for 5 May 2010 elections are as below
| Name | Party | Number of Votes | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVARRE-MARIE, Marie Arianne | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
15,834 | Christian Christian A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament... |
| BARBIER, Jean Claude | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
15,655 | Christian Christian A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament... |
| Veda Balamoody | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
15,103 | Hindu Hindu Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion... |
Constituency No 2
Officially Port Louis South and Port Louis Central, this constituency has been a renowned area as it is composed of the central area of the city and also the south part comprising suburb areas like Cassis, The Victoria Bus Terminal, The North Bus terminal, the Port Louis Market, Le Champ de Mars. It is a Muslim majority area and has a total of 18,867 voters.The Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some counties, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, but is significantly different, though both...
Rashid Beebeejaun
Rashid Beebeejaun
Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Utilities of Mauritius having been in office since 2008. He is the Deputy leader of the Mauritian Labor Party since 2004 and is the first person to hold office of Prime Minister in the Mauritius line of Succession...
is member of parliament from this constituency. He has been MP since 1995 and has been elected in 1995, 2000, 2005 and now lastly in 2010 .He is one of the leaders of the actual Government. Some formers famous Mps are Sylvio Tang, former Minister of Consumer Protection Unit.
The constituency was mostly a bastion of the MMM
Mauritian Militant Movement
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger....
precisely from the very beginning to 2005 until Rashid Beebeejaun
Rashid Beebeejaun
Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Utilities of Mauritius having been in office since 2008. He is the Deputy leader of the Mauritian Labor Party since 2004 and is the first person to hold office of Prime Minister in the Mauritius line of Succession...
changed political views and separated himself from the MMM .He entered the Mauritian Labour Party
Mauritian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals...
and the consituency became a bastion of Labours .
Members of Parliament elected are as follows
| Name | Party | Number of Votes | Religion | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashid Beebeejaun Rashid Beebeejaun Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Utilities of Mauritius having been in office since 2008. He is the Deputy leader of the Mauritian Labor Party since 2004 and is the first person to hold office of Prime Minister in the Mauritius line of Succession... |
MLP Mauritian Labour Party The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals... |
8,617 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some counties, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, but is significantly different, though both... |
| Reza Uteem | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
8,245 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
Opposition Member Opposition Opposition may mean or refer to:* Opposition , a term describing the position of a celestial body* Opposition , a term describing the position of the kings relative to each other... |
| Abdullah HOSSEN | MLP Mauritian Labour Party The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals... |
7,986 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
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Constituency No 3
Also known as Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East , the constituency no 3 is the smallest of the 20 having an electorate of only 17,186 of people .It has been carved just to satisfy ethnic representation .This was constructed out of the constituency no 2 just to implement the muslim community which was not enough represented in parliament .This constituency has always been a bastion of the MMMMauritian Militant Movement
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger....
since the 1970s .The government of the MSM
Militant Socialist Movement
The Militant Socialist Movement is a Centre-Right political party in Mauritius that adheres to the philosophies of socialism and political democracy. It is the 3rd largest political party in the National Assembly. It has in all 13 seats directly elected from the 2010 general elections...
led by Sir Anerood Jugnauth had impoverish this constituency as they never had a candidate elected from there .All candidates elected were from the opposition side .Therefore they did not have an MP minister for long and taking into account that this particular electorate had not vote for Jugnauth and his government ,the latter initiated the 'if you not with us , you are against us' . It was the constituency which was let behind by then government in the 1980s making it one of the poorest areas along with constituency no1 .
The areas in this constituency are Plain Verte ,Roche Bois, Terre Rouge ,Batri Casser ,Caro calyptus among others. The 2010 elections resulted in having an MMM MP namely Ameer Mea , a Labour Party MP , minister for work Shakeel Mohammed and Cehl Meeah , leader of the Front Solidariter Mauricien .
| Name | Party | Number of Votes | Religion | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameer Mea | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
7,278 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
Opposition Member |
| Shakeel Mohammed | MLP Mauritian Labour Party The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals... |
6,917 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
Minister of Labour Minister of Labour Minister of Labour is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms and employment.The position exist in many countries with several different names:... |
| Fakermeeah Cehl | FSM | 6,204 | Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... |
independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Constituency 4
Port Louis North and Montagne Longue constituency is the 4th and last electoral boundary of Port Louis City .The areas are among the most impoverished places in the country .It includes St Croix , Kailason ,Creve Ceour ending in Montagne Longue .The constituency was among the constituencies left behind by the Jugnauth'sAnerood Jugnauth
Sir Anerood Jugnauth , KCMG, QC, GCSK, PC, LLB, GOLH, GOP, ORS is the President of Mauritius and all its dependencies...
government in the 80's as he had no Mps elected from there .It is a disputed constituency between the majority of Hindus and Creoles .
This constituency has always been a MMM
Mauritian Militant Movement
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger....
bastion since 1976 but is now disputed between the three main political parties , the MSM
Militant Socialist Movement
The Militant Socialist Movement is a Centre-Right political party in Mauritius that adheres to the philosophies of socialism and political democracy. It is the 3rd largest political party in the National Assembly. It has in all 13 seats directly elected from the 2010 general elections...
, MMM
Mauritian Militant Movement
The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger....
and the Mauritian Labour Party
Mauritian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals...
.It has recorded a total number of 46,179 voters in the 2010 elections .
| Name | Party | Number of Votes | Religion | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Maria Francesca Mireille | MSM Militant Socialist Movement The Militant Socialist Movement is a Centre-Right political party in Mauritius that adheres to the philosophies of socialism and political democracy. It is the 3rd largest political party in the National Assembly. It has in all 13 seats directly elected from the 2010 general elections... |
16,607 | Christian Christian A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament... |
Minister of Women Rights |
| LESJONGARD, Georges Pierre, | MMM Mauritian Militant Movement The Mouvement Militant Mauricien is a socialist political party in Mauritius. The party was formed by a group of students in the late 1960s. The MMM is currently led by Paul Bérenger.... |
16,535 | Christian Christian A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament... |
MP Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... |
| Kalyanee Juggoo | MLP Mauritian Labour Party The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals... |
15,803 | Hindu Hindu Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion... |
PPS Parliamentary Private Secretary A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by... |
Constituency 5
Pamplemousses and Trioletis the fifth constituency and most famous of the 20 .It is known to be a bastion of the Mauritian Labour PartyMauritian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a political party in Mauritius.The Mauritian Labour Party was structured in 1936 to model the British Labour Party and has similar socialist goals...
since independence .It starts with the areas covering Pamplemousses ,Triolet ,Trou aux Biches ending near Mon Choisy .It is the 2nd most populous constituency with 56,620 voters registered after Constituency No 14 .It is a constituency which has a overall majority of Hindus reaching nearly 80% of the voters .
It has been the constituency of Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam KT,GCMG,KCMG,LRCP, MRCS is the first Chief Minister, Prime Minister and sixth Governor General of Mauritius....
the father of the nation of the country. It is the only electorate to have return two Prime Ministers , Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam KT,GCMG,KCMG,LRCP, MRCS is the first Chief Minister, Prime Minister and sixth Governor General of Mauritius....
and Navin Ramgoolam
Navin Ramgoolam
Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, MP is the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs & External Communications, as well as Leader of the National Assembly. Being the leader of the Mauritian Labour Party, he serves as Member of parliament for constituency No...
,the incumbent office holder .It is a decisive boundary as most labour Mps are elected from there .
From 1968 to 1982 , Sir Ramgoolam was MP and from 1991 ,Navin Ramgoolam has been returned every time as 1st Member elected . The Prime Minister being always a Hindu is a very important factor to win over the elections . The MMM has never won any Mp from there alone .
The MPs from 2010 elections are as below
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| MLP]] | 27694 | [[Hindu]] | [[Prime Minister of Mauritius
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