Mauritian general election, 2000

Mauritian general election, 2000

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All 70 seats in the National Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Sir Anerood Jugnauth Navin Ramgoolam Party MSM Labour Party Alliance MSM/MMM Ptr-PMXD Leader since 1983 1991 Leader's seat Piton & Riviere Du Rempart Pamplemousses and Triolet Last election 0 seats 60 seats Seats before 0 60 Seats won 54 6 Seat change 54 44 Popular vote 944,521 670,631 Percentage 51.7 % 36.6% Swing 31.9% 14.7%
Prime Minister before election Navin Ramgoolam Labour Party Subsequent Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

Sir Anerood Jugnauth
MSM

The 2000 Mauritian general elections took place on 11 September 2000 for the National Assembly of Mauritius with the votes counted on 12 September 2000.

The opposition Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) party decisively won the elections in coalition with the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), defeating the governing Mauritian Labour Party (MLP) led coalition. They formed together the MSM/MMM As a result, in a pre-election deal Anerood Jugnauth of the Militant Socialist Movement became Prime Minister of Mauritius before handing over to Paul Bérenger of the Mauritian Militant Movement in 2003; Bérenger would become the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of Mauritius.

The Mauritian Labour Party led by Navin Ramgoolam had governed Mauritius since winning the 1995 election. A new election had to be held by December 2000 and Ramgoolam dissolved parliament to call the election on 11 August 2000. He expected to be able to win the election in a three-way contest with the Mauritian Militant Movement and Militant Socialist Movement parties splitting the opposition vote between them. However ten days after the election was called the two main opposition parties agreed a deal.

The MSM led by Anerood Jugnauth and MMM led by Paul Bérenger agreed that if they won the election Jugnauth would become Prime Minister. They agreed that after three years he would step down as Prime Minister to become the President of Mauritius with enhanced powers, and that Bérenger would become Prime Minister, the first non-Hindu to do so.