2005 Mauritian general election

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All 62 directly elected seats in the National Assembly (and up to 8 BLS seats)
Turnout	81.52% ( 0.65 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Navin Ramgoolam Paul Bérenger Party Labour MMM Alliance Alliance Sociale MSM/MMM Alliance seats 42 24 Popular vote 948,756 831,738 Alliance % 48.38% 42.41%
Result by constituency. The colour shade shows the percentage of the elected candidate with the highest number of votes
Prime Minister before election Paul Bérenger MMM Subsequent Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam Labour

General elections were held in Mauritius on 3 July 2005, with votes counted on 4 July.

The Alliance Sociale, a coalition led by the Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) and including the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval (PMXD), the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (MSN), Les Verts (Greens), the Republican Movement, and the Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement (MMSM), won the election with 42 of the 70 seats (38 elected directly, and another 4 nominated under the country's "best loser" system). The PTr leader, Navin Ramgoolam, was subsequently appointed Prime Minister on 5 July, with Rashid Beebeejaun as his deputy. Three other coalition leaders were elected, but the Les Verts leader failed to oust outgoing Prime Minister Paul Bérenger from his constituency.

24 seats were won by Bérenger's coalition, consisting of the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) and the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM); of these, 22 were directly elected and two were nominated as "best losers". Pravind Jugnauth, the MSM leader, lost his seat to an Alliance Sociale candidate.

The two seats reserved for the island of Rodrigues were won by the Rodrigues Movement (OPR); another 2 OPR members were appointed as "best losers."

The National Assembly consisted of 60 members elected from three-seat constituencies in mainland Mauritius by multiple non-transferable vote, two members elected from a two-seat constituency (the island of Rodrigues) by the same system, and up to eight "best loser" seats appointed to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented.

The total number of votes is higher than the population because voters could cast up to three votes.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Cons	BL	Total
	Alliance Sociale (PTR–PMXD–LVF–MR–MMSM)	948,756	48.38	38	4	42
	MSM/MMM (MMM–MSM–PMSD)	831,738	42.41	22	2	24
	Mauritian Solidarity Front	37,472	1.91	0	0	0
	Rodrigues People's Organisation	20,293	1.03	2	0	2
	Rodrigues Movement	19,547	1.00	0	2	2
	National Democratic Movement Raj Dayal	18,467	0.94	0	0	0
	Lalit	13,726	0.70	0	0	0
	Mauritian People's Party	7,919	0.40	0	0	0
	Muslim People's Front	4,218	0.22	0	0	0
	Rezistans ek Alternativ	2,964	0.15	0	0	0
	Alliance For Justice	2,548	0.13	0	0	0
	Tamil Council	1,980	0.10	0	0	0
	Group of Five	1,547	0.08	0	0	0
	Independent Socialist Movement	1,337	0.07	0	0	0
	Independent Forward Bloc	1,217	0.06	0	0	0
	Mauritian Union	1,066	0.05	0	0	0
	Rally of Social Workers	1,059	0.05	0	0	0
	Parti Malin	959	0.05	0	0	0
	Majority Party	875	0.04	0	0	0
	Popular Place Movement	733	0.04	0	0	0
	Union Patriots Ilois Mauricien	643	0.03	0	0	0
	Mauritian National Movement	580	0.03	0	0	0
	Mauritian Democratic Movement	572	0.03	0	0	0
	Mauritian Workers' Movement	472	0.02	0	0	0
	Conservative Party	426	0.02	0	0	0
	Democratie Union Socialist Mauricien	267	0.01	0	0	0
	Ekta Party	171	0.01	0	0	0
	Mauritian Muslim Action Committee	158	0.01	0	0	0
	Mauritian Democracy	135	0.01	0	0	0
	Mauritian Socialist Rally	133	0.01	0	0	0
	Patriotic Reformist Organisation	132	0.01	0	0	0
	Mauritian Worker Solidarity Movement Rodrigues Agalega	125	0.01	0	0	0
	Rallying Responsible Rodriguans	97	0.00	0	0	0
	Top Dhamaka Vrai Rouge	88	0.00	0	0	0
	Rodriguan People's Progressive Front	87	0.00	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour Movement	71	0.00	0	0	0
	Mauritius Party Rights	51	0.00	0	0	0
	Independents	38,487	1.96	0	0	0
Total		1,961,116	100.00	62	8	70
Valid votes		660,376	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		5,922	0.89
Total votes		666,298	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		817,305	81.52
Source: Electoral Commission, African Elections Database