[1] It was formed by the prime minister Dr. Navin Ramgoolam and is led by three other people, namely Rashid Beebeejaun, Xavier-Luc Duval and Pravind Jugnauth.
The Mauritian Social Democrat Party has 4 MPs and the leader Xavier-Luc Duval is also Vice Prime Minister.
The Social Democrats, which is a Christian majority party, has therefore paved its way to form part of the government.
The First alliance between the Labour Party, MSM and PMSD was made in 1983 by then Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth.
They made an electoral pact with the PMSD and agreed to not put any Labour-MSM candidate for the resting of 60 seats.