Article: Electoral officials begin counting ballots after Mauritians vote for new parliament


AP Worldstream
07-04-2005
Dateline: PORT LOUIS, Mauritius
Early parliamentary election results Monday showed the opposition ahead in areas that were considered strongholds of the ruling alliance on Mauritius, private and state-owned radio stations said.

About 640 candidates contested Sunday's elections for 62 seats. Eight more deputies will be nominated to represent ethnic minorities and complete Mauritius' 70-member parliament.

The polls capped a campaign in which the governing coalition and the main opposition alliance ran a close race.

Final results were expected to be announced Monday afternoon.

Ali Bahoo, deputy chief commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Mauritius, said on ...

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