List of political parties in Mauritius

Not to be confused with List of political parties in Mauritania.

This article lists Mauritius political parties in alphabetical order. Mauritius has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no single party usually has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly of Mauritius

Alliance		Name		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
	Mauritian Alliance		Militant Socialist Movement Mouvement Socialiste Militant	MSM	Pravind Jugnauth	Centre-left	Democratic socialism Social democracy	36 / 70	42 / 70
			Muvman Liberater	ML	Ivan Collendavelloo	Left-wing	Democratic socialism	3 / 70
			Muvman Patriot Morisien	MPM	Alan Ganoo			2 / 70
			Militant Platform Plateforme Militante	PM	Steven Obeegadoo	Centre-left	Participatory democracy Social democracy	1 / 70
	National Alliance		Labour Party Parti Travailliste	PTr	Navin Ramgoolam	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism	12 / 70	16 / 70
			Mauritian Social Democratic Party Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate	PMSD	Xavier-Luc Duval	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Francophilia	4 / 70
None			Mauritian Militant Movement Mouvement Militant Mauricien	MMM	Paul Bérenger	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Social democracy Humanism	9 / 70
			Rodrigues People's Organisation Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais	OPR	Serge Clair	Left-wing	Autonomism	2 / 70

Parties without representation

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Actual alliance
	Comité D’Action Musulman Mauricien[1]	CAMM	Jauhan	None
	Reform Party	RP	Roshi Bhadain	None
	Front Solidarité Mauricien	FSM	Cehl Meeah	None
	Azir Moris		Jameel Peerally	None
	Ensam Nou Kapav		Roshni Mooneeram	None
	Lalit			None
	Les Verts Fraternels	VF	Sylvio Michel	None
	Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie	RCP	Parvez Dookhy	None
	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 Kreol Morisien		Edley Bergue[2]	None
	Parti Justice Sociale		Sheila Bunwaree	None
	Parti Malin		Danrajsingh Aubeeluck	None
	Parti Militan Travayer[3]	PMT	Jack Bizlall	None
	Rezistans ek Alternativ		Ashok Subron	None

Defunct and merged parties

Name		Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Dissolved
	Action Libérale (Liberal Democratic Party)	AL	Eugène Laurent, Anatole de Boucherville, Edouard Nairac	1907
	All Mauritius Hindu Congress (Hindu Congress) [4]	AMHC	Ramlochun Nath Varma	1965[5]
	Comité d'Action Musulman	CAM	Abdool Razack Mohamed	1959[6]
	Comité d'Action Mauricien[7]	CAM II	Shakeel Mohamed	2000
	Democrat Party[8]	DP	Onésipho Beaugard, Célicourt Antelme	1885
	English Party[9]	EP	Group of Protestants sponsored by Dalton Clifford Lloyd to oppose J.P. Hennessy	1885
	Front National Mauricien[10]	FNM	Anil Gayan, Atma Doolooa, Hassen Rojoa, Prakash Bheeroo, Ashley Hurrunghee, Vassen Kuppaymootoo	2009
	Front des Travailleurs Socialiste	FTS	Sylvio Michel	1985
	Groupement Curepipiens (Anti-PMSD)[11]	GC	Edley Bergue	1982
	Independent Forward Bloc	IFB	Sookdeo Bissoondoyal	1958
	Jan Andolan	JA	Basdeo Bissoondoyal	1939
	L'Entente Mauricienne[12]	LEM	Jerôme Tranquille	1931
	Mouvement Militant Mauricien Socialiste Progressiste	MMMSP	Dev Virahsawmy	1973
	Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien	MMSM	Madan Dulloo	1995
	Mouvement Patriotique Mauricien[13]	MPM	Satcam Boolell	1982
	Mouvement Républicain	MR	Rama Valayden	1996 [14]
	Mouvement Travailliste Démocrate[15]	MTD	Anil Bachoo	1987
	Mouvement Travailleur Mauricien[16]	MTM	Atma Doolooa	2006
	National Socialist Workers Party[17]	NSWP	Dr. Maurice Curé	August 1967
	Parti Action Liberal	PAL	Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok	1991
	Parti de l'Ordre (Oligarchy Party)	PDO	Henri Leclézio	1890
	Parti Gaëtan Duval	PGD	Gaëtan Duval	1998
	Parti Islamique Mauricien [18]	PIM	Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed	1982[19]
	Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval	PMXD	Xavier-Luc Duval	1998[20]	2009
	Parti du Peuple Mauricien[21]	PPM	Anirood Gajadhur	1982
	Parti Socialiste	PS	Anil Gayan	1990
	Parti Socialiste Mauricien	PSM	Harish Boodhoo	1979 [22]	1983
	Parti Socialiste Progressiste	PSP	Oumashunker Hawoldar	1976
	Reformist Party[23]	RP	William Newton	1885
	Ralliement Mauricien	RM	Jules Koenig	1953	1965
	Renouveau Militant Mauricien	RMM	Prem Nababsing, Jean Claude de l'Estrac	1994 [24]
	Retrocessionist Party	RP	Edouard Laurent	1911
	Rassemblement Pour la Réforme	RPR	Sheila Bappoo, Rama Sithanen, Alain Laridon	1996[25]
	Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauricien[26]	RTM	Beergoonath Ghurburrun[27]	1984
	Union Démocratique Mauricienne	UDM	Maurice Lesage, Guy Ollivry	1969
	Union Mauricienne	UM	Jean-Michel de Senneville	1998
	Union Nationale	UN	Ashok Jugnauth		2014

Former alliances

Name	Leader	Parties	Elections participated	Founded	Dissolved	Colours	Emblem
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
Alliance Lepep	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	MSM/PMSD/ML	2014 general election	2014	2019	Orange, White and Blue
Alliance du Changement	Navin Ramgoolam	PTR/MMM/ND/REA	2024 general election	2024		Red, Purple, Blue and Yellow

Parties in Rodrigues

Political parties in Rodrigues island.

Name		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

See also

• Politics of Mauritius
• List of political parties by country

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