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  "id": "mu-political-parties",
  "name": "Mauritius — Political Parties",
  "title": "Mauritius — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Mauritius from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 20,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6410,
      "name_short": "PSM",
      "name": "Parti Socialiste Mauricien",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Socialist Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1982,
      "year_last": 1982,
      "share": 63,
      "share_year": 1982,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "63% vote share in 1982 in alliance with Mauritian Militant Movement",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2320,
      "name_short": "PT",
      "name": "Parti Travailliste",
      "name_english": "Labour Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1936,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 60,
      "share_year": 1983,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28Mauritius%29",
      "description": "member of 5375",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7143,
      "name_short": "MR",
      "name": "Mouvement Républicain",
      "name_english": "Republican Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1990,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 60,
      "share_year": 2005,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Movement_(Mauritius)",
      "description": "2005 in alliance Alliance Sociale",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7144,
      "name_short": "MMSM",
      "name": "Mouvement Militant Socialiste Mauricien",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Militant Socialist Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
      "year_last": 2008,
      "share": 60,
      "share_year": 2005,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Militant_Socialist_Movement",
      "description": "2005 in alliance Alliance Sociale",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2460,
      "name_short": "MMM",
      "name": "Mouvement Militant Mauricien",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Militant Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1969,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 46,
      "share_year": 1983,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Militant_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3800,
      "name_short": "PMSD",
      "name": "Parti Mauricien Social Democrate",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Social Democrat Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1955,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 43.2,
      "share_year": 1967,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Mauricien_Social_D%C3%A9mocrate",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3798,
      "name_short": "MSM",
      "name": "Mouvement Socialiste Militant",
      "name_english": "Militiant Socialist Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1983,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 42.1,
      "share_year": 1983,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant_Socialist_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5375,
      "name_short": "IP",
      "name": "Independence Party",
      "name_english": "Independence Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1968,
      "year_last": 1983,
      "share": 40,
      "share_year": 1976,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "consists of 2320 6599 5702",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6599,
      "name_short": "IFB",
      "name": "Independent Forward Bloc",
      "name_english": "Independent Forward Bloc",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1959,
      "year_last": 1967,
      "share": 17.5,
      "share_year": 1963,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "member of 5375",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2461,
      "name_short": "PMXD",
      "name": "Parti Mauricien Xavier-Luc Duval",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 11.4,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Party_of_Xavier-Luc_Duval",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5702,
      "name_short": "MCA",
      "name": "Muslim Committee of Action",
      "name_english": "Muslim Committee of Action",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1968,
      "year_last": 1976,
      "share": 7.1,
      "share_year": 1967,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "member of 5375",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7300,
      "name_short": "RM",
      "name": "Ralliement Mauricien",
      "name_english": "Mauritian Rallye",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1953,
      "year_last": 1953,
      "share": 6.5,
      "share_year": 1953,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "2 of 31 seats in 1953 Mauritian general election",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3801,
      "name_short": "PaGaDu",
      "name": "Parti Gaetan Duval",
      "name_english": "Gaetan Duval Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1995,
      "year_last": 1995,
      "share": 6.3,
      "share_year": 1995,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_general_election,_1995",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2463,
      "name_short": "OPR",
      "name": "Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais",
      "name_english": "Organisation of the People of Rodrigues",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 5.7,
      "share_year": 2005,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues_People%27s_Organisation",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2464,
      "name_short": "MR",
      "name": "Mouvement Rodriguais",
      "name_english": "Rodrigues Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 5.6,
      "share_year": 2015,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues_Movement",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3799,
      "name_short": "Hi",
      "name": "Hizbullah",
      "name_english": "Party of God",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1991,
      "year_last": 2000,
      "share": 3.3,
      "share_year": 2000,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Solidarity_Front",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "predecessor of Mauritian Solidarity Front (FSM)",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6456,
      "name_short": "MTD",
      "name": "Mouvement des Travaillistes Democrates",
      "name_english": "Democratic Labour Movement",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1982,
      "year_last": 1991,
      "share": 3,
      "share_year": 1991,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "participated 1987 in the union coalition",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4043,
      "name_short": "MDN-RD",
      "name": "Mouvement Démocratique National Raj Dayal",
      "name_english": "National Democratic Movement Raj Dayal",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2000,
      "year_last": 2005,
      "share": 3,
      "share_year": 2000,
      "wikipedia": "",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5415,
      "name_short": "H/FSM",
      "name": "Hizbullah / Front Solidarité Mauricienne",
      "name_english": "Party of God / Mauritian Solidarity Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1990,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 2,
      "share_year": 2014,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Solidarity_Front",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 6457,
      "name_short": "Verts",
      "name": "Les Verts Fraternels",
      "name_english": "The Greens",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2002,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 0.5,
      "share_year": 2014,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Verts_Fraternels",
      "description": "part of Alliance Sociale, which won 42 of 70 seats in the election 2005",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Mauritius — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Mauritius from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 20 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Mauritius — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Mauritius — Political Parties dataset with 20 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 20 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}