Mauritian general election, 2010

Mauritian general election, 2010

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All 70 seats in the National Assembly 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Navin Ramgoolam Paul Berenger Party Labour Party MMM Alliance Ptr-PMSD-MSM MMM-UN-MMSD Leader since 1991 1995 Leader's seat Pamplemousses and Triolet Rose-Hill and Stanley Last election 38 seats 22 seats Seats before 38 22 Seats won 41 19 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 948,766 847,095 Percentage 49.69 % 42.01% Swing 0.89% 0.6%
Prime Minister before election Navin Ramgoolam Labour Party Subsequent Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam Labour Party

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

Navin Ramgoolam
Labour Party

A general election was held in Mauritius on 5 May 2010. The coalition comprising Mauritius Labour Party under Navin Ramgoolam, the Militant Socialist Movement under Pravind Jugnauth and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party under Xavier Luc Duval, won a majority with 41 seats in the parliament. The Mauritian Militant Movement-led coalition under Paul Berenger finished second with 18 seats. The Mauritian Solidarity Front won one seat and the Rodrigues Movement won the two remaining seats. The elections were the ninth to be held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968.

The Mauritius Labour Party, the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) formed an electoral coalition called Alliance de L'avenir (English: Alliance of the Future) for this election. Ramgoolam, the alliance leader, allotted 35 seats to his own party to compete for the 60 seats on the island, whereas the MSM was given 18 and the PMSD 7. Before the election, it appeared that Berenger might gain back the PM's post that he held from 2003 to 2005; he was the first prime minister since independence that was not of South Asian origin. Berenger led his own alliance of parties, known as the Alliance du Coeur (English: Alliance of the Heart), a reference to the official logo of the Mauritian Militant Movement, by far the biggest party in that alliance. Parties based in Rodrigues compete for the two remaining seats, with the Rodrigues People's Organisation and the Rodrigues Movement being the main parties there.