General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1976.[1] 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.[2][3] Voter turnout was 88%.[4]
Generalelections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1976. They were the first generalelections to be held since independence on 12 March 1968 and...
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taking part in the elections were the Militant Socialist Movement and Labour Party which were the current government, and the Mauritian Militant Movement...
Socialist Movement (MSM), the Labour Party and Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM). Out of the 12 national elections, the MSM has won six (1983, 1987, 1991, 2000...
the National Mauritian Muslim Rights initially Mauritian Muslim Rights in elections held in 1976 and 1983. Cehl Meeah ran for the elections in 1992 but...
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which are the Indo-Mauritians, Muslims, General Population and Sino-Mauritians. General Population refers to the Creoles, Franco-Mauritians as well as Christians...
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practised religion. Indo-Mauritians make up the bulk of the population with significant Creole, Sino-Mauritian and Franco-Mauritian minorities. The island's...
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a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth governor-general. He...
campaigned against the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes in Mauritian villages. In 1976 he was approached by Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam to join the Labour...
world. He ran for the elections in 1991and had a sizable percentage of votes, but could not be elected. However, in 1995, Mauritian Solidarity Front, at...
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the August 1967 elections in preparation for independence from Great Britain in March 1968 despite the deadly January 1968 Mauritian riots and State of...
age in 1976. Rajkeswur Purryag, better known as Kailash, was born on 12 December 1947 in Camp Fouquereaux, Mauritius. He is a Bihari Mauritian and his...
of the Mauritian Labour Party in the 1982 generalelection in an attempt to oust Anerood Jugnath and the Mauritian Militant Movement-Mauritian Socialist...
October 1960 – 5 March 2024) was a Mauritian businessman and politician. Éric Guimbeau was born in a Franco-Mauritian family in Curepipe, British Mauritius...
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