Mauritian Voters Hand Ramgoolam Fourth Term as Prime Minister

-- Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who served three terms as prime minister of Mauritius before being voted out a decade ago, reclaimed the top post after his four-party coalition won elections by a landslide. Ramgoolam’s Alliance du Changement secured all the parliamentary seats in the Indian Ocean island nation’s 20 constituencies, the state-owned Mauritius Broadcasting Corp. reported. Incumbent leader Pravind Kumar Jugnauth conceded defeat on Monday after early results from the Oct. 10 vote showed his five-party Alliance Lepep coalition hemorrhaged support. The new administration will deliver on all its promises, including removing value-added tax on necessities and ensuring the Mauritian rupee remains stable, Ramgoolam told supporters in Triolet, north of the capital, Port Louis, early Tuesday.