List of political parties in 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.

Active parties

= Parties represented in the [[National Assembly of Mauritius]] (since 2024) =

= Parties represented in the [[National Assembly of Mauritius]] (until 2024) =

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2 | Alliance

! colspan=2 | Name

! Abbr.

! Leader

! Political position

! Ideology

! colspan=2 | MPs

rowspan=4 bgcolor={{party color|Mouvement Socialiste Militant}}|

|rowspan=4 | Mauritian
Alliance

| style="background: {{party color|Mouvement Socialiste Militant}};" |

| Militant Socialist Movement
{{lang|fr|Mouvement Socialiste Militant}}

| MSM

| Pravind Jugnauth

| Centre-left

| Democratic socialism
Social democracy

| {{composition bar|36|70|{{party color|Mouvement Socialiste Militant}}}}

| rowspan=4 | {{composition bar|42|70|{{party color|Mouvement Socialiste Militant}}}}

style="background: #B23070;" |

| Muvman Liberater

| ML

| Ivan Collendavelloo

| Left-wing

| Democratic socialism

| {{composition bar|3|70|#B23070}}

style="background: #FFD66D;" |

| Muvman Patriot Morisien

| MPM

| Alan Ganoo

| {{composition bar|2|70|#FFD66D}}

style="background: #9BA367;" |

| Militant Platform
{{lang|fr|Plateforme Militante}}

| PM

| Steven Obeegadoo

| Centre-left

| Participatory democracy

Social democracy

| {{composition bar|1|70|#9BA367}}

rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Labour Party (Mauritius)}};"|

| rowspan=2 | National
Alliance

| style="background: {{party color|Labour Party (Mauritius)}};"|

| Labour Party
{{lang|fr|Parti Travailliste}}

| PTr

| Navin Ramgoolam

| Centre-left

| Social democracy
Democratic socialism

| {{composition bar|12|70|{{party color|Labour Party (Mauritius)}}}}

| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|16|70|{{party color|Labour Party (Mauritius)}}}}

style="background: {{party color|Parti Mauricien Social-Démocrate}};" |

| Mauritian Social Democratic Party
{{lang|fr|Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}

| PMSD

| Xavier-Luc Duval

| Centre-right
to right-wing

| Conservatism
Francophilia

| {{composition bar|4|70|{{party color|Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate}}}}

colspan=2 rowspan=2 | None

| style="background: {{party color|Mouvement Militant Mauricien}};" |

| Mauritian Militant Movement
{{lang|fr|Mouvement Militant Mauricien}}

| MMM

| Paul Bérenger

| Left-wing

| Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Humanism

| colspan=2 | {{composition bar|9|70|{{party color|Mouvement Militant Mauricien}}}}

style="background: {{party color|Rodrigues People's Organisation}};" |

| Rodrigues People's Organisation
{{lang|fr|Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais}}

| OPR

| Serge Clair

| Left-wing

| Autonomism

| colspan=2 | {{composition bar|2|70|{{party color|Rodrigues People's Organisation}}}}

=Parties without representation=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:center"

! colspan=2 | Name

! Abbr.

! Leader

! Actual
alliance

| Comité D’Action Musulman Mauricien{{cite web |title=Results of 2005 National Assembly elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/2005/nae2005.pdf |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=2020-07-26}}

| CAMM

| Jauhan

|None

style="background: #EFE953;" |

|Reform Party

|RP

|Roshi Bhadain

|None

style="background: {{party color|Mauritian Solidarity Front}};" |

| Front Solidarité Mauricien

| FSM

| Cehl Meeah

|None

style="background: {{party color|Azir Moris}};" |

| Azir Moris

| Jameel Peerally

| None

style="background: {{party color|Ensam Nou Kapav}};" |

| Ensam Nou Kapav

| Roshni Mooneeram

| None

style="background: {{party color|Lalit}};" |

| Lalit

| None

style="background: {{party color|Les Verts Fraternels}};" |

| Les Verts Fraternels

| VF

| Sylvio Michel

| None

style="background: {{party color|Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie}};" |

| Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie

| RCP

| Parvez Dookhy

| None

| The Four Cats

| Lallmohammed Ramjan

| None

| Mauritius New Generation Forces

| MNGF

| Ahmedally Janoo

| None

style="background: {{party color|Mouvement Authentique Mauricien}};" |

| Mouvement Authentique Mauricien

| MAM

| Eliézer François

| None

style="background: {{party color|Mouvement Mauricien Sociale Démocrate}};" |

|Mouvement Mauricien Sociale Démocrate

| MMSD

| Eric Guimbeau

| None

style="background: {{party color|The Liberals}};" |

| The Liberals

| Maharajah Madhewoo

| None

| Parti Kreol Morisien

| Edley Bergue{{cite web |last1=Stephen |first1=Yvonne |title=Parti Kreol Morisien : Le flou en attendant les précisions |url=https://www.5plus.mu/actualite/petitsnouveaux-partis-pour-etre-la-voix-des-citoyens |publisher=5 Plus |access-date=2019-04-22}}

| None

| Parti Justice Sociale

| Sheila Bunwaree

| None

style="background: {{party color|Party Malin}};" |

| Parti Malin

| Danrajsingh Aubeeluck

| None

| Parti Militan Travayer{{cite web |title=Results of 1991 elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Pages/1991/cons/1.aspx |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=2020-07-29}}

| PMT

| Jack Bizlall

| None

style="background: {{party color|Rezistans ek Alternativ}};" |

| Rezistans ek Alternativ

| REA

| Ashok Subron

| None

Defunct and merged parties

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:center"

! colspan=2 | Name

! Abbr.

! Leader

! Founded

! Dissolved

| Action Libérale (Liberal Democratic Party)

| AL

| Eugène Laurent, Anatole de Boucherville, Edouard Nairac

| 1907

style="background: Orange;"|

| All Mauritius Hindu Congress (Hindu Congress) {{cite book |last1=Selway |first1=Joel Sawat |title=Coalitions of the Well Being |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107103047 |page=167}}

| AMHC

| Ramlochun Nath Varma

| 1965{{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

style="background: {{party color|Muslim Committee of Action}};"|

| Comité d'Action Musulman

| CAM

| Abdool Razack Mohamed

| 1959{{cite web |last1=Moheeputh |first1=Anand |title=Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed's balance sheet |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/sir-abdool-razack-mohameds-balance-sheet |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2006-07-28}}

| Comité d'Action Mauricien{{cite web |title=Results of 2000 National Assembly elections |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Documents/2000/allyr2000.pdf |publisher=Government of Mauritius |access-date=2020-07-26}}

| CAM II

| Shakeel Mohamed

| 2000

| Democrat Party{{cite web |last1=Moheeputh |first1=Anand |title=Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005) |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/mauritian-democracy-caesarean-birth |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2020-12-02}}

| DP

| Onésipho Beaugard, Célicourt Antelme

| 1885

| English Party{{cite web |last1=Moheeputh |first1=Anand |title=Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005) |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/mauritian-democracy-caesarean-birth |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2020-12-02}}

| EP

| Group of Protestants sponsored by Dalton Clifford Lloyd to oppose J.P. Hennessy

| 1885

| Front National Mauricien{{cite web |title=Il y a 9 ans ans, le 29 janvier 2009: Anil Gayan et Hassen Rojoa lancent un nouveau parti politique |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/325587/il-y-9-ans-ans-29-janvier-2009-anil-gayan-et-hassen-rojoa-lancent-un-nouveau-parti |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2018-01-29}}{{cite web |title=Les méthodes, les arguments, le rôle de l’Alliance sociale |url=https://www.5plus.mu/node/9261 |publisher=5Plus |access-date=27 December 2024}}

| 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){{cite web |last1=Lismore |first1=Paul |title=The Hypocrisy of the MSM |url=https://www.zinfos-moris.com/Paul-Lismore-THE-HYPOCRISY-OF-THE-MSM-RAINBOW-NATION-DURING-THE-DAY-BUT-AT-NIGHT-ETHNIC-POLITICS-AT-ITS-MOST-RABID_a8763.html |publisher=Zinfos |access-date=2019-08-28}}

| GC

| Edley Bergue

| 1982

style="background: {{party color|Independent Forward Blok}};"|

| Independent Forward Bloc

| IFB

| Sookdeo Bissoondoyal

| 1958

| Jan Andolan

| JA

| Basdeo Bissoondoyal

| 1939

| L'Entente Mauricienne{{cite web |last1=Moheeputh |first1=Anand |title=Gujadhur and Lallah: Shock waves (1926) |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/gujadhur-and-lallah-shock-waves-1926 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2005-07-02}}

| LEM

| Jerôme Tranquille

| 1931

style="background: Purple;"|

| Mouvement Militant Mauricien Socialiste Progressiste

| MMMSP

| Dev Virahsawmy

| 1973

style="background: {{party color|Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement}};"|

| Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien

| MMSM

| Madan Dulloo

| 1995

| Mouvement Patriotique Mauricien{{cite news |title=Satcam Boolell immortalisé |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/satcam-boolell-immortalis%C3%A9 |access-date=2008-09-12 |agency=L'Express |publisher=lexpress.mu}}

| MPM

| Satcam Boolell

| 1982

style="background: {{party color|Republican Movement (Mauritius)}};"|

| Mouvement Républicain

| MR

| Rama Valayden

| 1996 {{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

| Mouvement Socialiste Démocrate{{cite web |title=Bachoo lets fly with his criticisms 08-March-2005 |url=https://lexpress.mu/s/article/bachoo-lets-fly-his-criticisms |publisher=L'Express |access-date=27 December 2024}}

| MSD

| Anil Bachoo

| 2005

| Mouvement Travailliste Démocrate{{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

| MTD

| Anil Bachoo

| 1987

| Mouvement Travailleur Mauricien{{cite web |title=Nouveau regard sur les castes à Maurice (05-February-2008) |url=https://lexpress.mu/article/nouveau-regard-sur-les-castes-%C3%A0-maurice |publisher=L'Express |access-date=1 January 2024}}

| MTM

| Atma Doolooa

| 2006

| National Socialist Workers Party{{cite web |title=La légende du Dr Maurice Curé - 4 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/la-l%C3%A9gende-du-dr-maurice-cur%C3%A9-4 |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2007-05-01}}

| NSWP

| Dr. Maurice Curé

| August 1967

| Parti Action Liberal

| PAL

| Lutchmeeparsadsing Ramsahok

| 1991

| Parti de l'Ordre (Oligarchy Party)

| PDO

| Henri Leclézio

| 1890

style="background: {{party color|Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval}};"|

| Parti Gaëtan Duval

| PGD

| Gaëtan Duval

| 1998

| Parti Islamique Mauricien {{cite book |last1=Nohlen |first1=Dieter |title=Elections in Africa: Data Handbook |date=22 July 1999 |isbn=9780198296454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=enoSDAAAQBAJ&dq=parti+islamique+mauricien&pg=PA615 |access-date=2010-06-15}}

| PIM

| Yousuf Abdul Razack Mohamed

| 1982{{cite web |title=Il y aura 30 ans le 12 Juin: Le premier 60-0 |url=https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/politique/il-y-aura-30-ans-12-juin-premier-60-0/120897/ |website=lemauricien.com |publisher=Le Mauricien |access-date=2012-06-11}}

style="background: {{party color|Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval}};"|

| Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval

| PMXD

| Xavier-Luc Duval

| 1998{{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

| 2009

| Parti du Peuple Mauricien{{cite web |title=1989 By-Elections results |url=http://electoral.govmu.org/English/electionresult/nasselec/Pages/Results-1989.aspx |website=Office of Electoral Commissioner |access-date=2020-06-10}}

| PPM

| Anirood Gajadhur

| 1982

| Parti Socialiste

| PS

| Anil Gayan

| 1990

style="background: White;"|

| Parti Socialiste Mauricien

| PSM

| Harish Boodhoo

| 1979 {{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

| 1983

| Parti Socialiste Progressiste

| PSP

| Oumashunker Hawoldar

| 1976

| Reformist Party{{cite web |last1=Moheeputh |first1=Anand |title=Mauritian democracy: a caesarean birth (2005) |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/mauritian-democracy-caesarean-birth |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2020-12-02}}

| RP

| William Newton

| 1885

style="background: Blue;"|

| Ralliement Mauricien

| RM

| Jules Koenig

| 1953

| 1965

| Renouveau Militant Mauricien

| RMM

| Prem Nababsing, Jean Claude de l'Estrac

| 1994 {{cite news |title=Il y a 23 ans, le 27 juin 1994: Création du Renouveau militant mauricien |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/310644/il-y-23-ans-27-juin-1994-creation-renouveau-militant-mauricien |access-date=2017-06-27 |agency=L'Express}}

| Retrocessionist Party

| RP

| Edouard Laurent

| 1911

| Rassemblement Pour la Réforme

| RPR

| Sheila Bappoo, Rama Sithanen, Alain Laridon

| 1996{{cite news |title=Sheila Bappoo: "L'éducation au respect de la femme commence dès l'enfance" |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/328155/sheila-bappoo-leducation-au-respect-femme-commence-lenfance |access-date=2018-03-17 |agency=L'Express}}

| Rassemblement des Travaillistes Mauricien{{cite web |last1=African Democracy Encyclopaedia Project |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=eisa.org.za |access-date=2010-05-15}}

| RTM

| Beergoonath Ghurburrun{{cite book |last1=Shillington |first1=Kevin |title=Jugnauth: Prime Minister of Mauritius |date=1991 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-55224-5 |page=148 |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/49648556 |access-date=23 December 2023}}

| 1984

| Union Démocratique Mauricienne

| UDM

| Maurice Lesage, Guy Ollivry

| 1969

style="background: Orange;"|

| Union Mauricienne

| UM

| Jean-Michel de Senneville

| 1998

style="background: {{party color|Union nationale}};" |

| Union Nationale