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The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
Shortly after the release of early results, which indicated a loss for Alliance Lepep, Jugnauth conceded defeat. [52] Turnout was 79%, the highest since 2010 . [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Alliance du Changement won in a landslide, [ 55 ] securing 60 seats and winning 20 of the 21 constituencies, the most lopsided victory since 1995 .
General elections were held in Mauritius on 10 December 2014 and resulted in a landslide victory for the Alliance Lepep coalition, [1] which secured 47 of the elected seats under the leadership of Sir Anerood Jugnauth. The Labour Party–Mauritian Militant Movement (PTR–MMM) alliance led by Navin Ramgoolam got 13 seats.
Mauritius' former foreign minister and a member of the opposition coalition, Arvin Boolell, told the BBC's Newsday programme the election was a "victory of the people". Voter turnout was about 80% ...
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 ...
Mauritius has a population of about 1.2 million people and is a popular tourist destination. Police were still mobilized across Mauritius, the government's National Emergency Operations Command ...
General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1995. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party-Mauritian Militant Movement alliance led by Navin Ramgoolam, [1] which won all 60 constituency seats on Mauritius.
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.