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1976 Mauritian general election

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Field	Value
country	Mauritius
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1967 Mauritian general election
previous_year	1967
next_election	1982 Mauritian general election
next_year	1982
seats_for_election	All 62 directly elected seats in the Legislative Assembly
(and up to 8 BLS seats)
election_date
image1	Anerood Jugnauth, 1980s.jpg
leader1	Anerood Jugnauth
party1	Mauritian Militant Movement
popular_vote1	469,420
percentage1	38.69%
last_election1	New
seats1	34
seat_change1	34
image2	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 1970.jpg
leader2	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
party2	Labour Party (Mauritius)
alliance2	Independence Party
popular_vote2	461,949
percentage2	38.08%
last_election2	54.66%, 30 seats
seats2	28
seat_change2	3
image3	Gaëtan Duval 1983.tiff
leader3	Gaëtan Duval
party3	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate
popular_vote3	200,559
percentage3	16.53%
last_election3	43.53%, 27 seats
seats3	8
seat_change3	19
map_image	1976 Mauritian general election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
title	Prime minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime minister
before_election	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
before_party	Labour Party (Mauritius)
after_election	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
after_party	Labour Party (Mauritius)

(and up to 8 BLS seats)

General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1976. They were the first general elections to be held since independence on 12 March 1968 and came nine years after the previous elections in 1967. Although elections had been scheduled for 1972, they were cancelled by the Labour Party–Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate–Muslim Committee of Action coalition government due to political unrest. The year prior to these elections was marked by the May 1975 Students protest riots.

The Mauritian Militant Movement won the most seats, but a coalition government was formed by the Independence Party (a coalition of the Labour Party, Muslim Committee of Action and Independent Forward Bloc) and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate. Around 400 candidates representing thirty-one parties contested the election, but only three parties won seats. Voter turnout was 88%.

Electoral system

The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and eight seats were filled by the nominated "best losers".

Results

The best losers included Yousuf Mohamed and Harold Walter.

By constituency

Constituency	Elected MPs	Party
1	Grand River North West–
Port Louis West	Jack Bizlall
Edouard Jérôme Boulle	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Rajnee Dyalah	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
2	Port Louis South–
Port Louis Central	Kader Bhayat
Noël Lee Cheong Lem	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Rajiv Servansingh	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Kamil Ramoly (best loser)	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}		PMSD
3	Port Louis Maritime–
Port Louis East	Bashir Khodabux
Cassam Uteem	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Osman Gendoo	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
4	Port Louis North–
Montagne Longue	Suresh Moorba
Shree Krisna Baligadoo	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Sylvio Michel	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
5	Pamplemousses–Triolet	Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Gyandeo Daby	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Rabindrah Ghurburrun	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
6	Grand Baie–Poudre D'Or	Mooneeswar Hurry
Madan Dulloo	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Dharmanand Goopt Fokeer	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
7	Piton–Riviere du Rempart	Rammesh Jeewoolall
Simadree Virahsawmy	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Anerood Jugnauth	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
8	Quartier Militaire–Moka	Veerasamy Ringadoo
Mahess Teeluck	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Krishnalall Coonjan	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Yousuf Mohamed (best loser)	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
9	Flacq–Bon Accueil	Dwarkanath Gungah
Kanchandraseeh Bussawon	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Vijay Jandoosing	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
10	Montagne Blanche–
Grand River South East	Ramduthsingh Jaddoo
Satcam Boolell	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Jagdishwar Goburdhun	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Azize Asgarally (best loser)	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
11	Vieux Grand Port–Rose Belle	Radha Gungoosingh
Dayanundlall Basant Rai	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Premdut Doongoor	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
12	Mahebourg–Plaine Magnien	Lutchmeeparsad Badry
Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Harris Ramphul	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Louis Amedee Darga (best loser)	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Harold Walter (best loser)	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
13	Riviere des Anguilles–Souillac	Harish Boodhoo
Suresh Chandra Poonith	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Swalay Kasenally	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
14	Savanne–Black River	Hurrydew Ramchurn
Kaleshwarao Saccaram	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Jean-Claude Augustave	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
15	La Caverne–Phoenix	Kailash Purryag
Iswardeo Seetaram	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Razack Peeroo	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
16	Vacoas–Floreal	Rohit Beedassy
Emmanuel Bussier	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Angidi Chettiar	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
17	Curepipe–Midlands	Pierre Simonet
Alain Maurice Espitalier-Noël	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}		PMSD
Marie Ghislaine Henry	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}		PMSD
Clarel Desiré Malherbe (best loser)	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
18	Belle Rose–Quatre Bornes	Paul Bérenger
James Burty David	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
Heeralall Bhugaloo	Labour Party (Mauritius)}}		PTr
19	Stanley–Rose Hill	Jean–Claude de l'Estrac
Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Vijayanathan Venkatasamy	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
20	Beau Bassin–Petite Riviere	Robert Rey
Eliézer Francois	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}		PMSD
Vidula Nababasing	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Finlay Salesse (best loser)	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
Jean Claude Bibi (best loser)	Mauritian Militant Movement}}		MMM
21	Rodrigues	Cyril Guimbeau
Nicol François	Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}		PMSD
Source: [Government of Mauritius](https://web.archive.org/web/20100507110940/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem.37ba32a3c4783128d6c8662948a521ca/?content_id=630b9dbfa1158010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD)
Bold indicates reelected incumbent MP.

References

"Mauritius: 1976 Legislative Assembly election results". EISA.
[http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MAURITIUS_1976_E.PDF Mauritius] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p618 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mau1976results.htm Mauritius: 1976 Legislative Assembly election results] EISA
[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mau1967background.htm Mauritius: Background to the 1967 Legislative Assembly election] EISA
"Décès de Mᵉ Yousuf Mohamed Parcours politique: la grève de 1979, un intense moment de son existence". L'Express.
(1991). "Historical Dictionary of Mauritius". Scarecrow Press.

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