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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Rajkeswar PURRYAG
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM
- Assembly: Mauritius has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 66 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
- In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 62 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 8 members are appointed by the election commission to serve 5-year terms.***
*** There are 21 districts with 3 seats in each district, and 1 district representing the island of Rodrigues with 2 seats. In all but the last district, electors are given 3 votes. To ensure ethnic diversity, the electoral commission awards seats to the unsuccessful candidates who received the highest number of votes.
Population:
- Population: 1,284,264 (July 2009 est.)
Future elections
- Parliamentary - 2015
Past elections
- Parliamentary - May 5, 2010
- Parliamentary - July 3, 2005
- Parliamentary - September 11, 2000
Last Updated on 07/25/2012
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