the extant electoral arrangements. These
give a rather better opportunity to
were:
significant minority parties.22
(i)
20 three-member constituencies
with each voter to have three votes, which he is obliged to cast for three candidates. There would be up to three members nominated by the Governor as representatives of special interests, which were not adequately represented by elected members. Ten members would be elected simultaneously at an island-wide election, where each elector would have six votes, in order to give minorities a better
opportunity
of
securing
representation. Each voter would be obliged to cast all his votes in the islandwide election and up to three of those might be used for any given individual candidate.21 (ii)
20 two-member constituencies.
Each voter would have two votes, which he must cast for two candidates. Up to three members would be nominated by the Governor. 16 members would be elected in 4 four-member constituencies formed
by
grouping
the
other
constituencies in fives, with the party list system of proportional representation. The intention behind this proposal was to
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Report of the Constitutional Commissioner, November 1964, Sessional Paper No. 2 of 1965 of the Mauritius Legislative Assembly at [28(a)]
Report of the Constitutional Commissioner, November 1964, Sessional Paper No. 2 of 1965 of the Mauritius Legislative Assembly at [28(b)]
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