List of political parties in Mauritius

Mauritius

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Mauritius
Constitution
Presidency President Ameenah Gurib Vice-President Barlen Vyapoory
Government Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Luc Duval Cabinet
Legislature National Assembly Speaker: Maya Hanoomanjee Leader of the Opposition Paul Berenger
Elections Political parties Constituencies Recent elections Presidential: 2008 General: 2005 2010 2014
Outer islands Agaléga Rodrigues Saint Brandon (Cargados Carajos)
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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.

The parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

	Abbr.	Leader	MPs	Actual alliance	Website
Labour Party	PTR	Navin Ramgoolam	4	None	www.labourparty.mu
Mouvement Militant Mauricien	MMM	Paul Berenger	9	None	www.mmm.mu
Mouvement Socialiste Militant	MSM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	33	Alliance Lepep	www.msmparty.com
Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate	PMSD	Xavier-Luc Duval	7	Alliance Lepep	lepmsd.mu
Muvman Liberater	ML	Ivan Collendavelloo	7	Alliance Lepep

Parties without representation

	Abbr.	Leader	Actual alliance	Website
Front Solidarité Mauricien	FSM	Cehl Meeah		None
Azir Moris		Jameel Peerally	None
Ensam Nou Kapav		Roshni Mooneeram	None
Lalit			None	www.lalitmauritius.org
Les Verts Fraternels	VF	Sylvio Michel	None
Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie	RCP	Parvez Dookhy	None	ralliementcitoyen.com
The Four Cats		Lallmohammed Ramjan	None
Mauritius New Generation Forces	MNGF	Ahmedally Janoo	None
Mouvement Authentique Mauricien	MAM	Eliézer François	None
Mouvement Mauricien Sociale Démocrate	MMSD	Eric Guimbeau	None
The Liberals		Maharajah Madhewoo	None
Parti Justice Sociale		Sheila Bunwaree	None
Parti Malin		Danrajsingh Aubeeluck	None	partymalin.com
Rezistans ek Alternativ		Ashok Subron	None

Defunct and merged parties

	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Dissolved
Comité d'Action Musulman	CAM	Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed
Independent Forward Blok	IFB	Sookdeo Bissoondoyal	1958
Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien	MMSM	Madan Dulloo
Mouvement Républicain	MR
Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval	PMXD	Xavier-Luc Duval
Parti Socialiste Mauricien	PSM	Harish Boodhoo
Union Nationale	UN	Ashok Jugnauth		2014

The alliances

Former alliances

Name	Leader	Parties	Elections participated	Founded	Dissolved	Colours
Independence Party	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	PTR/IFB/CAM	1976 general election, 1967 general election
Parti de l'Alliance Nationale	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	PTR/CAM/PMSD	1982 general election
Alliance MMM/PSM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MMM/MSP	1982 general election
MSM/Travailliste	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PTR	1983 general election
L'Union MMM/MTD/FFS	Prem Nababsing	MMM/MTD/FFS	1987 general election
Alliance MSM - Mauritius Labour Party	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PTR	1987 general election, By-Election 1989
Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMSD	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMSD	1991 general election
Alliance MSM-MMM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/MMM	1991 general election, By-Election 1992
Alliance PTr-MMM	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM	By-Election 1995, 1995 general election
Alliance MSM-RMM	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/	By-Election 1995, 1995 general election
Federation MSM-MMM		MSM/MMM	By-Election 1999
Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMXD	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMXD	By-Election 1999, 2000 general election
Alliance MSM-MMM	Paul Berenger	MSM/MMM	2000 general election, By-Election 2003
Alliance Sociale	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMXD/VF/MR/MMSM	2005 general election			Red
Alliance MSM/MMM	Paul Berenger	MSM/MMM	2005 general election
Alliance MMM/UN/PMSD	Paul Berenger	MSM/UN/PMSD	By-Election 2009
Alliance de L'Avenir	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/PMSD/MSM	2010 general election	2010	6 June 2014	Blue, White and Red
Alliance du Coeur	Paul Berenger	MMM/UN/MMSD	2010 general election			Purple
Remake 2000	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MMM/MSM	None		24 April 2014	Purple and Orange
Alliance de l'unité et de la modernité	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM	2014 general election	2014	2014	Red and Purple

Actual alliances

Name	Founded	Leader	Parties	Elections	Colours	Emblem	Website
Alliance Lepep	2014	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PMSD/ML	2014 general election	Orange, White and Blue

Parties in Rodrigues

Political parties in Rodrigues island.

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

List of political parties in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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