“L’Alliance Lepep is heading towards a huge defeat. I have
tried to do what I can for the country and the population. The population has
decided to choose another team. I wish good luck to the country,” Jugnauth,
serving as prime minister since 2017, told reporters on Monday.
Final results have yet to be officially released, but
opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam looks set to take over as prime minister for
the third time at the head of his Alliance of Change coalition.
Voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect legislators for
the 62 seats in parliament for the next five years, from a list of 68 parties
and five political alliances. The party or coalition to receive more than half
the seats in parliament will also win the prime minister’s post.
During a sometimes-heated campaign, both camps promised
voters they would take measures to improve the lives of Mauritians who face
cost-of-living difficulties despite strong economic growth.
Turnout in Sunday’s vote was strong at about 80 percent,
according to provisional estimates by the election commission. Sixty-two seats
were up for grabs under a first-past-the-post system, with the remaining eight
allocated under what is dubbed the “best loser” system.
Voters had voiced concern about the continued political and
economic durability of one of the richest and most stable democracies in
Africa.
Both Jugnauth and Ramgoolam are members of the dynasties
that have dominated politics in Mauritius since it became independent from the
UK in 1968. Aljazeera
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