At stake in this election:

• 70 seats in the National Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Cassam UTEEM
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM
• Assembly: Mauritius has a unicameral National Assembly with 70 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly, 62 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms and 8 members are allocated by the election commission to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Mauritian Militant Movement - Mauritian Socialist Movement (MMM-MSM)
  • Leader: Anerood JUGNAUTH
  • Seats won in this election: 58
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Party: Mauritian Labor Party - Parti Mauricien Xavier Duval (MLP-PMXD)
  • Leader: Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 36
• Party: Rodriguan People's Organization (OPR)
  • Leader: Louis Serge CLAIR
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: 2

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections last held: December 20, 1995
• Seats decided in the last election: 66

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,186,873 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 779,433 (2000)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 598,326 (2000)

·         Is Mauritius a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Mauritius ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (9 July 1984)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 4 (following the 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 63 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A 

Disability Data:

·         Is Mauritius a signatory to CRPD: Yes (25 September 2007)

·         Has Mauritius ratified CRPD: Yes (8 January 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 178,030 (est.)