Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Labour Party Anerood Jugnauth

360 candidates representing 22 parties contested the election,[1] the result of which was a landslide victory for the Mauritian Militant Movement–Mauritian Socialist Party alliance, which won all 60 of the directly elected mainland seats.

[2] The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members.

[4] Seewoosagur Ramgoolam received funding from the CIA during the election.

[5] Of the 60 seats won by the MMM–PSM alliance, 42 were taken by the MMM and 18 by the MSP.