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List of political parties in Mauritius

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

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Alliance			Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
	Mauritian Alliance	Militant Socialist Movement Mouvement socialiste militant	MSM	Pravind Jugnauth	Centre-left	Democratic socialism Social democracy	37 / 70	42 / 70
		Muvman Liberater	ML	Ivan Collendavelloo	Left-wing	Democratic socialism	2 / 70
		Alan Ganoo Patriotic Movement Mouvement patriotique de Alan Ganoo	MAG	Alan Ganoo			2 / 70
		Activist Platform Plateforme militante	PM	Steven Obeegadoo	Centre-left		1 / 70
	National Alliance	Labour Party Parti travailliste mauricien	PTr	Navin Ramgoolam	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism	13 / 70	17 / 70
	National Alliance	Mauritian Social Democratic Party Parti mauricien social démocrate	PMSD	Xavier-Luc Duval	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Francophilia	4 / 70	17 / 70
None		Mauritian Militant Movement Mouvement militant mauricien	MMM	Paul Bérenger	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Social democracy Humanism	9 / 70
None		Rodrigues People's Organisation Organisation du peuple rodriguais	OPR	Serge Clair	Left-wing	Autonomism	2 / 70

	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

	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

Name	Leader	Parties	Elections participated	Founded	Dissolved	Colours
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

	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

List_of_political_parties_in_Mauritius

List of political parties in Mauritius

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly of Mauritius

Parties without representation

Defunct and merged parties

Former alliances

Parties in Rodrigues

See also

References

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