General elections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. Ethnic violence broke out in Port Louis between Muslims, Creoles and Chinese. Anti-riot police used tear gas to restore peace.[1][2]
The result was a victory for the Independence Party, an alliance of the Labour Party, Independent Forward Bloc and Comité d'Action Musulman, won 43 of the 70 seats,[3] allowing Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to form a government. Voter turnout was 89%.[4]
Generalelections were held in Mauritius on 7 August 1967. Ethnic violence broke out in Port Louis between Muslims, Creoles and Chinese. Anti-riot police...
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Party) became Minister of Foreign Affairs. Voter turnout was 85%. The Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) suffered after the departure of Anerood Jugnauth...
Generalelections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1995. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party-Mauritian Militant Movement alliance...
Since 1967, Mauritius has experienced 12 free and fair democratic generalelections to choose a government. The National Assembly has 70 members elected...
The Mauritian rupee (sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: MUR; pronounced [ʁupi]) is the currency of Mauritius. One rupee is subdivided into...
a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth governor-general. He...
seats in the 1967generalelections, Cehl Meeah collaborated with PTr and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) to win against the Mauritian Militant Movement...
Mauritians of Chinese origin, also known as Sino-Mauritians or Chinese Mauritians, are Mauritians who trace their ethnic ancestry to China. Like members...
which are the Indo-Mauritians, Muslims, General Population and Sino-Mauritians. General Population refers to the Creoles, Franco-Mauritians as well as Christians...
Mauritian society incorporates several ethnic and multi-ethnic groups. A majority of the republic's residents are descendants of people from India. Mauritius...
The GeneralElection was held in 1967 with the pro-independence coalition of political parties winning 54% of the vote. Following the 1967election the...
The 1968 Mauritian riots or Bagarre raciale Plaine Verte refers to a number of violent clashes that occurred in the Port Louis neighbourhoods of Cité...
20 October 1920 – 9 September 2000) was a Mauritian politician, minister, the sixth and last governor-general of Mauritius from 1986 to 1992, and then...
This is a list of prominent Mauritians. Emmanuel Anquetil (1885–1946), political activist and one of the founders of Labour Party Anil Bachoo, former minister...
practised religion. Indo-Mauritians make up the bulk of the population with significant Creole, Sino-Mauritian and Franco-Mauritian minorities. The island's...
Jugnauth, GCSK, PV, KCMG, PC, QC (29 March 1930 – 3 June 2021) was a Mauritian statesman, politician and barrister who served both as President and Prime...
"Results of 2000 National Assembly elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-26. Moheeputh, Anand. "Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth...
Joseph Coralie (1912–1967) was a Mauritian politician. He stood as a candidate in the 1953 Mauritius Legislative Council elections in Grand Port-Savanne...
executive powers in Mauritius delegated to the governor-general. After the 1967GeneralElection, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) became the first Prime...
Hindu party – won a majority in the 1967 Legislative Assembly election, despite opposition from Franco-Mauritian and Creole supporters of Sir Gaetan Duval...
Basdeo Bissoondoyal (15 April 1906 – 23 June 1991) was a Mauritian social worker, educator and writer who played an important role in the pre-Independence...
after the August 1967elections in preparation for independence from Great Britain in March 1968 despite the deadly January 1968 Mauritian riots and State...
Mohamed (1933-3 April 2022) was a Mauritian Senior Counsel and politician. Mohamed was the son of Indian born-Mauritian Minister Abdool Razack Mohamed with...
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