The opposition Alliance de Changement (ADC) secured 62.6% of votes in Mauritius’s general election, the election commission announced Tuesday, delivering former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam a fourth term in office.
The ADC captured 60 of 62 legislative seats, according to state broadcaster Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, in a decisive victory that prompted incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth to concede defeat Monday.
Ramgoolam, who previously served three terms as premier, immediately announced plans to “dismantle the country’s spying system so that Mauritians will be free to talk” following his return to power in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
“I tried to do what I could for my country,” Jugnauth said in his concession speech, acknowledging his political alliance faced “a huge defeat.”
