Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth earlier admitted to losing Sunday’s election to the opposition alliance
The Mauritian opposition party Alliance for Change has won the East African nation’s parliamentary elections by a landslide, securing all seats in the National Assembly, its leader Navin Ramgoolam has announced.
Ramgoolam’s victory claim came after the Indian Ocean archipelago’s Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth (PKJ) said his coalition, L’Alliance Lepep, was set for a “huge defeat” in Sunday’s election.
According to results released across the country on Monday and cited by the Associated Press, the ruling party did not win any of the 62 seats up for grab. The parliament of Mauritius has 70 members, 62 of whom are directly elected, including two seats from Rodrigues Island. The remaining eight are appointed by the Electoral Supervisory Commission under the “best losers” system to ensure that ethnic and religious…
