Democracy in Mauritius

Democracy Ratings

Freedom House 2018	Score: 1.5 out of 7 ^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}	Freedom Status: Free
EIU Democracy Index 2017	Score: 8.22 out of 10 ^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}	World Ranking: 16
Polity IV 2016	Score: 10 ^{(from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)}	Category: Full Democracy

Freedom House 2018

Score:

1.5 out of 7

^{(where lower scores are more democratic)}

Freedom Status:

Free

EIU Democracy Index 2017

Score:

8.22 out of 10

^{(where higher scores are more democratic)}

World Ranking:

Polity IV 2016

Score:

^{(from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)}

Category:

Full Democracy

System of Government	Parliamentary
Presidential Electoral System	Elected by parliament
Presidential Term Limits	Two, five-year terms
System of Appointment to Legislature	62 elected through 21 multi-member constituencies 8 ‘best loser’ members appointed by the Supreme Court
Last Legislative Election	2014
Next Legislative Election	2019
Number of Seats in Legislature	70
Female quota, representation in lower house	No

Last Legislative election (2014)
Candidate (Party)	Votes (%)
	1^st round	2^nd round not needed
Alliance Lepep (MSM–PMSD–ML)[a]	50
PTR/MMM[b]	39
Mauritian Solidarity Front	2
Rezistans ek Alternativ	1
Rodrigues People’s Organisation	1
Mauritian Social Democratic Movement	1
Lalit	1
Rodrigues Movement	1
Agreement for Parliamentary Democracy	1
Les Verts Fraternels	1
Parties with less than 0.5% of the vote	3
Independents	1