Parliamentary election kicks off on Thursday in Mauritius to elect 70 members of the country’s unicameral parliament.
Voters will elect directly 62 members of the national assembly, while the 8 additional best losers will be appointed to fill the 70 seats of the national assembly for a five-year term.
Meanwhile, a total of 941,719 voters registered in the voters’ list, headed to the polls in 526 polling stations throughout the country.
The provisional result of election is expected to be known by Friday Nov. 8, 2019.
This parliamentary election is important in Mauritius, because the leader of the majority party or alliance winner of the election will be appointed Prime Minister.
