General elections were held in Mauritius on 15 September 1991.Mauritius: 1991 National Assembly election results EISA Three main parties gained seats in this election: the Militant Socialist Movement, Mauritian Militant Movement and the Labour Party. The MSM formed an alliance with the MMM and the Labour Party formed an alliance with the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD). On 17 September 1991, results showed that MSM-MMM won 57 out of 66 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p618 This gave 95% of seats to MSM-MMM leader Anerood Jugnauth and 5% to Labour Party-PMSD leader Navin Ramgoolam.
Campaign The main political parties taking part in the elections were the Militant Socialist Movement and Labour Party which were the current government, and the Mauritian Militant Movement which was the current opposition party. Earlier that year, Navin RamgoolamDr Ramgoolam Navinchandra, GCSK, FRCP Government of Mauritius became the leader of the Labour Party. As a result, the MSM-Labour Party coalition broke down in February 1991 because Ramgoolam demanded that the deal between the parties should be reviewed and that the MSM leader, Anerood Jugnauth, should hold the office of Prime Minister for half of the term (two and a half years), with Ramgoolam serving out the remainder of the term. However, Jugnauth did not want to step aside in favour of Ramgoolam. Ramgoolam then announced that his party would contest the elections due September on its own.
Jugnauth proposed an electoral pact with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the party which Jugnauth himself had formerly led between 1976 and 1983, before the formation of the MSM. The two parties agreed that Anerood Jugnauth would remain Prime Minister for the full term of 5 years and that MMM leader Paul Bérenger would serve in his Cabinet. Bérenger later became Minister of External Affairs.Bérenger Paul Raymond, GCSK Government of Mauritius
During the term, Rama Sithanen, Sheila Bappoo and Dharam Gokhool defected from the MSM to the Mauritian Labour Party. The defections put the MSM under increasing strain, and Jugnauth came under pressure to hold general elections in 1995 rather than 1996, as constitutionally scheduled.
Results
By constituency Constituency Elected MPs Party 1 Grand River North West–Port Louis West Mathieu Laclé MMM Jérôme Boulle MMM Alain Laridon MSM 2 Port Louis South–Port Louis Central Ahmad Jeewah MMM Azize Asgarally MSM Noël Lee Cheong Lem MMM 3 Port Louis Maritime–Port Louis East Cassam Uteem MMM Osman Gendoo MMM Bashir Khodabux MMM 4 Port Louis North–Montagne Longue Parmanand Brizmohun MSM José Arunasalom MMM Claude Genevieve MSM 5 Pamplemousses–Triolet Navin Ramgoolam PTr Jyaneshwur Jhurry MSM Premdut Koonjoo MMM 6 Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or Dharmanand Fokeer MMM Madan Dulloo MSM Armoogum Parsooraman MSM Gaëtan Duval (best loser) PMSD 7 Piton–Riviere du Rempart Anerood Jugnauth MSM Dwarkanath Gungah MSM Mahyendrah Utchanah MSM 8 Quartier Militaire–Moka Ashok Jugnauth MSM Sutyadeo Moutia MSM Retnon Pyneeandee MSM 9 Flacq–Bon Accueil Anil Bachoo MTD Rajnarain Guttee MSM Roodrashen Neewoor MSM 10 Montagne Blanche–Grand River South East Ramduthsing Jaddoo MSM Jagdishwar Goburdhun MSM Zeel Peerun MMM 11 Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle Arvin Boolell PTr Satish Dayal MSM Subhas Chandra Lallah MMM 12 Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien Vasant Bunwaree PTr Ivan Collendavelloo MMM Mookhesswur Choonee MSM 13 Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac Hurreeprem Aumeer MSM Prem Nababsing MMM Swalay Kasenally MMM 14 Savanne–Black River Alan Ganoo MMM Germain Comarmond MSM Sooroojdev Phokeer MSM 15 La Caverne–Phoenix Steven Obeegadoo MMM Iswardeo Seetaram MSM Showkutally Soodhun MSM Razack Peeroo (best loser) PTr 16 Vacoas–Floreal Sheilabai Bappoo MSM Dharam Gokhool MMM Karl Offmann MSM 17 Curepipe–Midlands Amédée Darga MMM Maxime Sauzier MSM Sanjit Teelock MTD Clarel Malherbe (best loser) PTr 18 Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes Kailash Ruhee MMM Rama Sithanen MSM Michael Glover MSM 19 Stanley–Rose Hill Jayen Cuttaree MMM Jean-Claude de l'Estrac MMM Paul Bérenger MMM Siddick Chady (best loser) PTr 20 Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere Rajesh Bhagwan MMM Joceline Minerve MMM Régis Finette MSM 21 Rodrigues Serge Clair OPR Joseph Jolicoeur OPRSource: Government of Mauritius
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