Constituencies of Mauritius
As mentioned in the Constitution, the Electoral Boundaries Commission shall review the boundaries of the constituencies at such times as will enable them to present a report to the Assembly 10 years, as near as may be, after 12 August 1966 and, thereafter, 10 years after presentation of their last report.
The Constitution identifies 4 main ethno-religious groups Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians and General Population.
The composition, for a total of 1.002,857 registered voters, of each constituency at the 2024 elections is shown in the table below.
All of the vicinity fall in the boundaries of the Capital and thus form one of the 4 constituencies of Port Louis city.
Officially Port Louis South and Port Louis Central, this constituency is composed of the central area of the city, including its business centres, and the south part comprising suburban areas like Cassis, The Victoria Bus Terminal, The North Bus terminal, the Port Louis Market, Le Champ de Mars and Mainly Vallée Pitot.
The governments led by Labour Party and MSM have neglected this constituency as none of their candidates was elected in No.3.
The areas in this constituency are Plain Verte, Roche Bois, Terre Rouge, Batterie Cassée, Karo Kalyptis among others.
It includes St Croix, Kailason, Creve Coeur ending in Montagne Longue.
It starts with the areas covering Pamplemousses, Triolet, Trou aux Biches ending near Mon Choisy.
Grand Baie and Poudre d'Or is one of the three main Hindu constituency in the north of Mauritius.
Piton and Riviere du Rempart is the seventh constituency and the last one of the three northern electoral boundaries of the Country.
The constituency with an overall of Hindu majority has two important pillars which are, the commercial town, Riviere du Rempart and Piton.
The MSM founder Sir Anerood Jugnauth was a member of parliament for this constituency for nearly 50 years since his first election in 1963.
Quartier Militaire and Moka is an inland constituency with a registered number of 49,313 electors.
With an absolute Hindu majority, this electoral boundary has important towns including Quartier Militaire, St Pierre and Moka with small adjacent villages including Camp Thorel, Solitude and Camp de Masque.
Other notable politicians previously elected in this constituency include Sangeet Fowdar and Satya Faugoo.
Montagne Blanche, Medine Camp de Masque, and Grand River South East is the 10th constituency of the country and is a coastal electoral boundary.
Former leader of the Labour Party, Sir Satcam Boolell was member of parliament serving more than 30 years in this constituency.
It comprises Montagne Blanche, GRSE, Bel Air, Beau Champ and Trou d'Eau Douce.
The electorate consists of 37,142 registered voters who belong to the Hindu, Muslim and Creole communities.
The nineteenth constituency is Stanley and Rose Hill with a total of 41,956 registered voters.
Gaëtan Duval enabled the inhabitants of Rodrigues to vote for the first time in August 1967 although the principle of universal suffrage was already in practice on mainland Mauritius since 1959.
