For example Paul Bérenger was white-anting PM Anerood Jugnauth in many ways, such as the unauthorised replacement of the national anthem Motherland by a Creole version on 12 March 1983, harassment by MMM thugs in Quatre Bornes, MMM's proposed constitutional amendment to transfer the Prime Minister's executive powers to the Cabinet as a collective body.

Thus despite Berenger's numerous attempts at undermining him, Jugnauth remained the Prime Minister and he started to prepare for imminent general elections and Boodhoo headed the MSM's first electoral campaign.

Influential members of the MMMSP such as Dev Virahsawmy, as well as Peter Craig and Dan Callikan of the FTU also assisted the new MSM.

In the new party Jugnauth's principal allies were Kader Bhayat, Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, Dineshwar Ramjuttun and Ajay Daby.

The new MSM set up a politburo, appointed representatives of its regional sub-committees and on Friday 8 April 1983 officially launched the party at a large public rally held at La Caverne marketplace.

[3] The MSM, in coalition with the Labour Party and the PMSD, went on to win the ensuing 1983 elections and Jugnauth remained in office.

In the leadup to the election expected to be held in 1996, the MMM left the government and formed an alliance with the Labour Party.

The Labour-MMM coalition subsequently broke up, and for the 2000 election, the MMM agreed to a pact with the MSM, providing that Jugnauth would serve as prime minister for three years.

[5] In November 2019, Mauritius’ ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won more than half of the seats in the 2019 elections, securing incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a new five-year term.