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Since 1967, Mauritius has experienced 13 free and fair democratic general elections to choose a government. The National Assembly has 70 members elected for a five-year term, 62 by plurality in 21 multi-member constituencies (plurinominal first-past-the-post with panachage) and, a maximum of, 8 additional members nominated by the Best Loser System.
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.
The opposition Alliance of Change in Mauritius has won 60 of the 64 seats in parliament following Sunday's general election. Its leader, Navin Ramgoolam, 77, has been appointed prime minister.
The National Certificate of Education (NCE) is a national assessment conducted by the Mauritius Examination Syndicate (MES) based on the "Nine Year Continuous Basic Education". This examination is taken by Grade 9 students in Mauritius. The first examination started around May 2021.
The 2023 Ibrahim Index of African Governance ranked Mauritius second in good governance. According to the 2023 Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries, Mauritius ranks 20th worldwide followed by Uruguay and United States and is the only African country with "Full Democracy".
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The economy of Mauritius is a mixed developing economy based on agriculture, exports, financial services, and tourism. [14] Since the 1980s, the government of Mauritius has sought to diversify the country's economy beyond its dependence on just agriculture, particularly sugar production.