Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Acting President Paramasivum Pillay VYAPOORY
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Pravind JUGNAUTH
• Assembly: Mauritius has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 70 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.