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9-520: The BLS was strongly advocated by Comité d'Action Musulman (CAM) leader Abdool Razack Mohamed after none of the 6 Muslim candidates, including himself, was elected at the 1948 general elections. Mohamed was supported by Labour Party's Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and IFB's Sookdeo Bissoondoyal during his lobby for the BLS. Depite having been devised for ensuring ethnoreligious representation in Parliament,

18-775: The 1987 General Elections: There were 8 Best Losers who were nominated after the 1983 General Elections: There were 4 Best Losers were eventually nominated to the Legislative Assembly by the Electoral Commission although victorious party MMM had seriously considered the abolition of the Best Loser system: Following the 1976 General Elections the Best Losers included the following candidates who had not been elected: Muslim Committee of Action Too Many Requests If you report this error to

27-528: The Best Loser System has at three occasions allowed the existence of a parliamentary opposition, namely in 1982 , 1995 and 2024 when none of the elected members were from the opposition. The island's Constitution provides for 8 additional seats (often called "Best Loser" or "Correctional" seats) to prevent under-representation of minority ethnic groups. The methodology is applied by the Office of

36-679: The Best loser system less divisive. However, if adopted on a large scale, such practice would distort the allocation of seats, further undermining the representation of minorities. 8 Best Losers were nominated to the National Assembly by the Electoral Commissioner following the 2005 General Elections as the Labour-PMSD coalition headed the new government: 8 Best Losers were nominated by the Electoral Commission after

45-445: The Electoral Commission after the proclamation of detailed results of each General Election. The Electoral Commission divides the electorate into four communities: Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians and the general population. The latter is made up of voters who do not belong to the first three, including Mauritian Creoles , Mulattos and Franco-Mauritians . The main steps are described as follows: Only 4 Best Losers were nominated by

54-542: The Electoral Commission that Michael Sik Yuen had identified himself as belonging to Population Générale instead of Sino-Mauricien during the nomination phase of these elections. He later justified his decision by claiming that the Best Loser System is too divisive and that it hinders the unification of the Mauritian nation. In 2014 a new party Rassemblement Citoyen pour la Patrie advertised that all its candidates would identify as to Population Générale in order to make

63-464: The Electoral Commissioner (Irfan Rahman) to the following candidates who had not been elected: Following the 2010 General Elections the Labour-MSM-PMSD coalition came to power and the Electoral Commission nominated 7 Best Losers who had not been elected: Soon after his 2010 nomination as a Best Loser , as well as Minister of Commerce, Cooperatives and Consumer Protection, it was revealed by

72-526: The Electoral Commissioner after the November 2024 General Elections when Alliance du Changement coalition came to power: Following the November 2019 General Elections the Electoral Commissioner (Irfan Rahman) published the list of Best Losers which consisted of the following: There were 7 Best Losers who were nominated as a result of the December 2014 General Elections . These seats were allocated by

81-541: The victory of the MSM-MMM coalition. 2 of these nominees (Yerrigadoo and Ramdass) were Hindus but from minority Telugu and Tamil communities: Only 4 Best Losers were nominated after the 1995 General Elections when the Labour-MMM coalition came to power: There were 4 Best Losers who were nominated after the 1991 General Elections as the MSM-MMM coalition came to power: There were 8 Best Losers who were nominated after

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