Mauritius’ opposition coalition, the Alliance for Change, achieved a sweeping victory within the nationwide election, capturing all 62 instantly contested parliamentary seats. This final result alerts a robust rejection of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s ruling coalition, the Militant Socialist Motion, which didn’t safe a single seat. Jugnauth, who has held workplace since 2017, conceded earlier than all votes had been counted, acknowledging his authorities’s defeat. The election outcome will return former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who beforehand led Mauritius twice, to workplace. Official tallies, together with two seats from Rodrigues Island and eight seats nominated by the Electoral Supervisory Council, are anticipated to substantiate a complete of 70 parliamentary seats. This twelfth election since Mauritius’ independence in 1968 underscores the nation’s fame as a steady democracy and highlights its resilient finance, tourism, and agriculture-based economic system.
SOURCE: AP NEWS