Mauritius holds parliamentary election with cost of living crisis key issue
Al Jazeera
About a million people expected to choose 62 members to parliament with cost of living crisis on top of voters’ mind.
People in Mauritius are casting their ballots in the parliamentary election that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal.
Polls opened at 7am (03:00 GMT) and close at 6pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday in the 12th election since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Results are expected on Monday.
There are about one million registered voters who will elect 62 members to the National Assembly, with the cost of living crisis topping the election issues in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Whichever party or coalition gets more than half the seats in parliament also wins the prime minister’s post.
Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth’s Militant Socialist Movement party as well as the opposition parties have promised to address the issue in one of the most prosperous nations in Africa.
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