2.
(1)
There shall be 62 seats in the Assembly for members representing constituencies
and accordingly each constituency shall return 3 members to the Assembly in such
manner as may be prescribed, except Rodrigues, which shall so return 2 members.
(2)
Every member returned by a constituency shall be directly elected in accordance
with this Constitution at a general election or by-election held in such manner as
may be prescribed.
(3)
Every vote cast by an elector at any election shall be given by means of a ballot
which, except in so far as may be otherwise prescribed in relation to the casting of
votes by electors who are incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause or
unable to read or understand any symbols on the ballot paper, shall be taken so as
not to disclose how any vote is cast; and no vote cast by any elector at any general
election shall be counted unless he cast valid votes for 3 candidates in the
constituency in which he is registered or, in the case of an elector registered in
Rodrigues, for 2 candidates in that constituency.
Registration of parties
(1)
Every political party in Mauritius, being a lawful association, may, within 14 days
before the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for election at any
general election of Members of the Assembly, be registered as a party for the
purposes of that general election and paragraph 5(7) by the Electoral Supervisory
Commission upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that any 2 or more political parties may be registered as a party alliance
for those purposes, in which case they shall be regarded as a single party for those
purposes; and this Schedule shall be construed accordingly.
(2)
Every candidate for election at any general election may at his nomination declare
in such manner as may be prescribed that he belongs to a party that is registered
as such for the purpose of that general election and, if he does so, he shall be
regarded as a member of that party for those purposes, while if he does not do so,
he shall not be regarded as a member of any party for those purposes; and where
any candidate is regarded as a member of a party for those purposes, the name of
that party shall be stated on any ballot paper prepared for those purposes upon
which his name appears.
(3)
Where any party is registered under this paragraph, the Electoral Supervisory
Commission shall from time to time be furnished in such manner as may be
prescribed with the names of at least2 persons, any one of whom is authorised to
discharge the functions of leader of that party for the purposes of the proviso to
paragraph 5(7).
(4)
There shall be such provision as may be prescribed requiring persons who make
applications or declarations for the purposes of this paragraph to furnish evidence
with respect to the matters stated in such applications or declarations and to their
authority to make such applications or declarations.
(5)
There shall be such provision as may be prescribed for the determination, by a
judge of the Supreme Court before the day appointed for the nomination of