Lalit (Mauritius)
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Lalit (Template:Literal translation) is a left-wing political party in the Republic of Mauritius. It is opposed to private or any other undemocratic control of government functions. According to its website, the party was created as a "free-expression monthly magazine" named "Lalit de Klas" (Template:Langx) in 1976.[1] "Lalit" means "struggle" in Mauritian Creole. The party, which started as a tendency inside the Mauritian Militant Movement, split from it in 1981, when the MMM announced that it was embarking on a policy of "New Social Consensus", seen by Lalit as a policy of collaboration with the capital.[2]
Lalit desires what it calls "an alternative political economy",[1] and works towards care for the environment, against repression and torture, and towards women's liberation. Lalit strongly opposes communalism and the use of ethnoreligious labels for official purposes. Its candidates in the 2005 National Assembly elections each drew the legally compulsory classification he or she would use from a hat, regardless of candidate's actual supposed "ethnicity" or religion. The party failed to win seats in the Assembly.
The party opposes the presence of Anglo-American forces on the atoll of Diego Garcia[1] which forms part of the Republic of Mauritius.
Election results
National Assembly elections
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 3,116 | 0.23 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Steady 5th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1987 | 8,723 | 0.52 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Decrease 6th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1991 | colspan=6 ! Template:N/A | |||||
| 1995 | colspan=6 ! Template:N/A | |||||
| 2000 | 14,960 | 0.81 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Decrease 7th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2005 | 13,726 | 0.70 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Steady 7th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2010 | colspan=6 ! Template:N/A | |||||
| 2014 | 11,550 | 0.57 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Steady 7th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2019 | 4,119 | 0.19 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Decrease 14th | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2024 | 773 | 0.03 | Template:Composition bar | Steady 0 | Increase 12th | Extra-parliamentary |
References
External links
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- ↑ a b c Lalit website, "About", Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ↑ Republic of Mauritius:The Experience of Resistance to Neo-Liberalism Template:Webarchive Human Rights Programme of the Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM), 2000