ELECTIONS 2024
ELECTIONS 2024

Distribution of electors by country of citizenship (Commonwealth)

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%

 

TOTAL Mauritians 1,000,987 99.81%
TOTAL Foreigners 1,870 0.19%
TOTAL Electors 1,002,857 100.00%

 

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.