Distribution of candidates by community

Community	Candidates	% in 2019	% in 1972 census
Hindu	310	38.3%	51.8%
General Population	293	36.2%	28.7%
Muslim	184	22.7%	16.6%
Sino-Mauritian	23	2.8%	2.9%

The total may not add up to 100% due to rounding.