List of political parties in Mauritius

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This article lists Mauritius political parties in alphabetical order. Mauritius has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Active parties[]

Parties represented in the National Assembly of Mauritius[]

Alliance Name Abbr. Leader Political position Ideology MPs
Mauritian
Alliance 		Militant Socialist Movement
Mouvement socialiste militant 		MSM Pravind Jugnauth Centre-left Democratic socialism
Social democracy
37 / 70
42 / 70
Muvman Liberater ML Left-wing Democratic socialism
2 / 70
Alan Ganoo Patriotic Movement
Mouvement patriotique de Alan Ganoo 		MAG Alan Ganoo
2 / 70
Activist Platform
Plateforme militante 		PM Steven Obeegadoo Centre-left
1 / 70
National
Alliance 		Labour Party
Parti travailliste mauricien 		PTr Navin Ramgoolam Centre-left Social democracy
Democratic socialism
13 / 70
17 / 70
Mauritian Social Democratic Party
Parti mauricien social démocrate 		PMSD Xavier-Luc Duval Centre-right
to right-wing 		Conservatism
Francophilia
4 / 70
None Mauritian Militant Movement
Mouvement militant mauricien 		MMM Paul Bérenger Left-wing Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Humanism
9 / 70
Rodrigues People's Organisation
Organisation du peuple rodriguais 		OPR Serge Clair Right-wing Autonomism
2 / 70

Parties without representation[]

Name Abbr. Leader Actual
alliance
Comité D’Action Musulman Mauricien[1] CAMM Jauhan None
Reform Party (Mauritius) RP Roshi Bhadain None
Front Solidarité Mauricien FSM Cehl Meeah None
None
None
Lalit None
Les Verts Fraternels VF None
RCP None
None
MNGF None
MAM None
Mouvement Mauricien Sociale Démocrate MMSD None
None
Edley Bergue[2] None
None
Parti Malin None
Parti Militan Travayer[3] PMT Jack Bizlall None
None

Defunct and merged parties[]

Name Abbr. Leader Founded Dissolved
(Liberal Democratic Party) AL , , 1907
All Mauritius Hindu Congress (Hindu Congress) [4] AMHC 1965[5]
Comité d'Action Musulman CAM Abdool Razack Mohamed 1959[6]
Comité d'Action Mauricien[7] CAM II Shakeel Mohamed 2000
Democrat Party[8] DP Onésipho Beaugard, Célicourt Antelme 1885
English Party[9] EP Group of Protestants sponsored by Dalton Clifford Lloyd to oppose J.P. Hennessy 1885
FTS 1985
Groupement Curepipiens (Anti-PMSD)[10] GC Edley Bergue 1982
Independent Forward Bloc IFB Sookdeo Bissoondoyal 1958
JA Basdeo Bissoondoyal 1939
L'Entente Mauricienne[11] LEM Jerôme Tranquille 1931
Mouvement Militant Mauricien Socialiste Progressiste MMMSP Dev Virahsawmy 1973
Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien MMSM Madan Dulloo 1995
[12] MPM Satcam Boolell 1982
Mouvement Républicain MR Rama Valayden 1996 [13]
[14] MTD Anil Bachoo 1987
National Socialist Workers Party[15] NSWP Dr. Maurice Curé August 1967
PAL Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok 1991
PDO 1890
PGD Gaëtan Duval 1998
Parti Islamique Mauricien [16] PIM Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed 1982[17]
Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval PMXD Xavier-Luc Duval 1998[18] 2009
Parti du Peuple Mauricien[19] PPM Anirood Gajadhur 1982
PS Anil Gayan 1990
Parti Socialiste Mauricien PSM Harish Boodhoo 1979 [20] 1983
PSP 1976
Reformist Party[21] RP William Newton 1885
Ralliement Mauricien RM Jules Koenig 1953 1965
RMM Prem Nababsing, 1994 [22]
RP 1911
RPR Sheila Bappoo, Rama Sithanen, 1996[23]
[24] Mauritian Workers' Rally RTM 1984
Union Démocratique Mauricienne UDM , 1969
UM 1998
UN Ashok Jugnauth 2014

Former alliances[]

Name Leader Parties Elections participated Founded Dissolved Colours Emblem
Independence Party Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam PTR/IFB/CAM 1976 general election, 1967 general election
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam PTR/CAM/PMSD 1982 general election
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MMM/ 1982 general election
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM/PTR 1983 general election
Prem Nababsing MMM// 1987 general election
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM/PTR 1987 general election,
Navin Ramgoolam PTR/PMSD 1991 general election
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM/MMM 1991 general election,
Navin Ramgoolam PTR/MMM , 1995 general election
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM/ , 1995 general election
MSM/MMM
Navin Ramgoolam PTR/PMXD , 2000 general election
Paul Berenger MSM/MMM 2000 general election,
Alliance Sociale Navin Ramgoolam PTR/PMXD/VF/MR/MMSM 2005 general election Red
Paul Berenger MSM/MMM 2005 general election
Paul Berenger MSM//PMSD
Alliance de L'Avenir Navin Ramgoolam PTR/PMSD/MSM 2010 general election 2010 6 June 2014 Blue, White and Red Government alliance.jpg
Paul Berenger MMM// 2010 general election Purple
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MMM/MSM None 24 April 2014 Purple and Orange
Navin Ramgoolam PTR/MMM 2014 general election 2014 2014 Red and Purple
Sir Anerood Jugnauth MSM/PMSD/ML 2014 general election 2014 2019 Orange, White and Blue

Parties in Rodrigues[]

Political parties in Rodrigues island.

Name Abbr. Leader Actual
alliance
FPR Johnson Roussety None
Mouvement Rodriguais MR Gaëtan Jabeemissar None
Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais OPR Serge Clair None

See also[]

References[]

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