Country | Electors | % of Foreigners | % of Total |
Mauritius | 1,000,987 | N/A | 99.8135% |
India | 1,033 | 55.24% | 0.1030% |
Bangladesh | 230 | 12.30% | 0.0229% |
South Africa | 217 | 11.60% | 0.0216% |
England | 130 | 6.95% | 0.0130% |
Pakistan | 74 | 3.96% | 0.0074% |
Seychelles | 49 | 2.62% | 0.0049% |
Sri Lanka | 28 | 1.50% | 0.0028% |
Nigeria | 24 | 1.28% | 0.0024% |
Canada | 17 | 0.91% | 0.0017% |
Australia | 14 | 0.75% | 0.0014% |
Malaysia | 13 | 0.70% | 0.0013% |
Mozambique | 7 | 0.37% | 0.0007% |
Kenya | 5 | 0.27% | 0.0005% |
Uganda | 5 | 0.27% | 0.0005% |
Cameroon | 4 | 0.21% | 0.0004% |
Ghana | 4 | 0.21% | 0.0004% |
Malawi | 3 | 0.16% | 0.0003% |
Tanzania | 3 | 0.16% | 0.0003% |
Singapore | 2 | 0.11% | 0.0002% |
Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Fiji Islands | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Guyana | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Namibia | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Solomon Islands | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Swaziland | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Zambia | 1 | 0.05% | 0.0001% |
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
TOTAL Mauritians | 1,000,987 | 99.81% |
TOTAL Foreigners | 1,870 | 0.19% |
TOTAL Electors | 1,002,857 | 100.00% |
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
There are 1,870 foreigners (Commonwealth citizens) who have registered as voters for Elections 2024. This represents 0.19% of the total number of voters only.
The Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius allows adult citizens of Commmonwealth countries residing in Mauritius for a period of not less than 2 years prior to the Elections to register as voters. The relevant sections 42 and 43 of the Constitution are:
42 Qualifications of electors
(1) Subject to section 43, a person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector if, and shall not be so entitled unless –
(a) he is a Commonwealth citizen of not less than the age of 18 years; and
(b) either he has resided in Mauritius for a period of not less than 2 years immediately before such date as may be prescribed by Parliament or he is domiciled in Mauritius and is resident there on the prescribed date.
(2) No person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector –
(a) in more than one constituency; or
(b) in any constituency in which he is not resident on the prescribed date.
43 Disqualifications of electors
No person shall be entitled to be registered as an elector who –
(a) is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court in any part of the Commonwealth, or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding 12 months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended;
(b) is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any law in force in Mauritius; or
(c) is disqualified for registration as an elector by any law in force in Mauritius relating to offences connected with elections.