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General elections were held in Mauritius on 10 November 2024. [1] The election was called after the government reached a deal with the United Kingdom to end the Chagos Archipelago dispute. Shortly before the election, a wire-tapping scandal surfaced. The government responded by implementing a social media ban that was to last until after the ...
A presidential election was held in Mauritius on 7 December 2024 to elect the next president. Former minister of education and professor at the University of Mauritius, Dharam Gokhool was elected without contest to serve a five-year term. During the same session, Robert Hungley was elected vice-president. [1] [2]
November 12, 2024 at 12:38 PM. ... It now has two seats in parliament compared to the 42 after the 2019 election. Mauritius is known as one of Africa's most stable democracies, but this election ...
10 November: 2024 Mauritian general election: The ruling Alliance Lepep loses its majority in the National Assembly to the Alliance du Changement by a landslide. [7] 15 December: An arrest warrant is issued against former Bank of Mauritius governor Harvesh Kumar Seegolam on fraud charges. [8]
Mauritius also receives aid from China. It has forecast 6.5% economic growth this year compared with 7.0% last year but many voters are not feeling the benefits. Mauritius holds election, with ...
2014 general election: 2014 2014 Red and Purple Alliance Lepep: Sir Anerood Jugnauth/Pravind Jughnauth: MSM/PMSD/ML: 2014 general election: 2014 2024 Orange, White and Blue Alliance du Changement: Navin Ramgoolam: PTR/MMM/ND/REA: 2024 general election: 2024 Red, Purple, Blue and Yellow
The formation of the Alliance du Changement was announced on 9 October 2024 in preparation for the November 2024 Mauritian general election by Richard Duval, Navin Ramgoolam and Paul Bérenger of the New Democrats (ND), Labour Party (PTr) and Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) respectively, ahead of the official registration of the coalition which occurred on 11 October 2024.
Since 1967, Mauritius has experienced 13 free and fair democratic general elections to choose a government. The National Assembly has 70 members elected for a five-year term, 62 by plurality in 21 multi-member constituencies (plurinominal first-past-the-post with panachage) and, a maximum of, 8 additional members nominated by the Best Loser System.