{"id":23240,"date":"2019-11-07T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T03:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=23240"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:49:24","slug":"observations-tendances-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/observations-tendances-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations &#038; Tendances"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Elections 2019<\/u><\/span><!--more--><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/pra-na-paul\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?fit=1141%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1141,498\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pra-Na-Paul\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?fit=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?fit=640%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?resize=640%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?w=1141&amp;ssl=1 1141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?resize=768%2C335&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pra-Na-Paul.jpg?resize=1024%2C447&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Le panachage des suffrages et l\u2019abstentionnisme demeurent des facteurs cl\u00e9s influen\u00e7ant l\u2019attribution des si\u00e8ges<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">By O.R.A.C<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Opinion Research Analysis Consult)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Demain le 7 novembre\u00a0: 911,320 \u00e9lecteurs sont appel\u00e9s \u00e0 glisser leur bulletin de vote dans l\u2019urne pour d\u00e9signer les 60 d\u00e9put\u00e9s mauriciens qui si\u00e8geront avec les deux \u00e9lus rodriguais et les <em>Best Losers<\/em> au Parlement national. Soit 4,130 inscrits de plus qu\u2019aux derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections de 2014 ou un accroissement de 0.45%. Le nombre de candidats s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve au nombre record de 817 dont 148 candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">83 candidats brigueront les suffrages dans la seule circonscription de Pamplemousses\/Triolet (No. 5).Cette circonscription comprend le plus grand nombre d\u2019\u00e9lecteurs soit 65,115, d\u00e9passant celles de Savanne\/Rivi\u00e8re Noire (No.14) et La Caverne\/ Phoenix (No.15) o\u00f9 sont inscrits 63,500 et 57,256 \u00e9lecteurs respectivement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Trois \u2018grandes\u2019 formations sont en comp\u00e9tition directe pour se retrouver \u00e0 la direction du pays\u00a0dont deux alliances\u00a0&#8211; l\u2019Alliance Morisien men\u00e9e par le MSM, et l\u2019Alliance Nationale conduite par le Parti Travailliste -, et le MMM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Les \u2018petits\u2019 partis habituellement pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 ce rendez-vous sont l\u00e0, \u00e0 l\u2019exception de Rezistans ek Alternativ dont les candidatures ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9es pour non-d\u00e9claration de leur appartenance ethnique. Le parti anim\u00e9 par Jack Bizlall est absent pour ces \u00e9lections g\u00e9n\u00e9rales-ci.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ces l\u00e9gislatives se d\u00e9rouleront pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis 1976 selon la formule d\u2019une lutte \u00e0 trois, ce qui est consid\u00e9r\u00e9e par les observateurs comme \u00e9tant incompatible avec notre syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral majoritaire &#8211; <em>First Past The Post<\/em> (FPTP). En effet, depuis 1976, les neuf \u00e9lections g\u00e9n\u00e9rales se sont d\u00e9roul\u00e9es dans un contexte de confrontation bipolaire.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>R\u00e9trospective<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">La formule d\u2019une lutte \u00e0 trois dans le cadre du syst\u00e8me FPTP accentue l\u2019\u00e9miettement des voix et ne permet pas un d\u00e9nouement clair. En1976, trois grandes formations se disputent lors des l\u00e9gislatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le MMM se retrouve \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re place avec 39% des suffrages exprim\u00e9s et 33 \u00e9lus incluant les <em>Best Losers<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le Parti Travailliste (PTr) est deuxi\u00e8me avec 38% des suffrages et 28 si\u00e8ges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le PTr forme le Gouvernement en s\u2019alliant avec le PMSD qui avait recueilli 16% des suffrages et 8 si\u00e8ges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Les derni\u00e8res l\u00e9gislatives de 2014 sont marqu\u00e9es par une bataille bipolaire entre l\u2019Alliance Lepep et l\u2019Alliance PTr-MMM.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">L\u2019Alliance Lepep compos\u00e9e du MSM, du Muvman Liberater (n\u00e9 d\u2019une dissidence MMM) et le PMSD, recueille 83% des suffrages exprim\u00e9s et 51 si\u00e8ges dont 4 <em>Best Losers<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">L\u2019Alliance de l\u2019Avenir (PTr et MMM) obtient 51% des suffrages et 16 si\u00e8ges au total. (Le MMM et le PTr dont la force \u00e9lectorale combin\u00e9e s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve \u00e0 80% en 2010 s\u2019est passablement effrit\u00e9e.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Par ailleurs, ces \u00e9lections de 2014 se caract\u00e9risent par un taux record d\u2019abstention de 26% et un nombre important d\u2019\u00e9lecteurs flottants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Depuis 2014, le paysage politique se recompose avec le retrait du PMSD de la majorit\u00e9 gouvernementale et son ralliement \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance Nationale conduite par le PTr. Entretemps, le PTr remporte la partielle \u00e0 Belle-Rose\/Quatre-Bornes (No.18) en d\u00e9cembre 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cette m\u00eame Alliance Nationale fait face \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance Morisien compos\u00e9e du MSM, du ML et de quelques dissidents MMM. Egalement pr\u00e9sent sur la sc\u00e8ne le MMM\u00a0: on constate une remont\u00e9e de ce parti ces derniers jours.En briguant seul les suffrages, le MMM compte sur le <em>\u2018split vote\u2019<\/em> entre l\u2019AN et l\u2019AM qui p\u00eachent largement dans les m\u00eames eaux.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Prudence sur les pr\u00e9visions de la distribution des si\u00e8ges<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En 2005 et 2010, O.R.A.C. avait \u00e9tabli un rapport d\u2019analyse portant sur les l\u00e9gislatives du moment et publi\u00e9 par <em>Mauritius Times<\/em>. Ces \u00e9tudes incluaient des pr\u00e9visions \u00e9lectorales qui s\u2019\u00e9taient av\u00e9r\u00e9es justes, \u00e0 quelques si\u00e8ges pr\u00e8s.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En 2005, nous avions pr\u00e9vu 40 si\u00e8ges \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance Sociale contre 20 \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance MMM-MSM. R\u00e9sultat\u00a0: 38 si\u00e8ges et 22 respectivement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En 2010, notre projection donnait 41 si\u00e8ges \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance PTr-MSM-PMSD contre 19 \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance MMM-MSM. R\u00e9sultat\u00a0: 42 si\u00e8ges \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re alliance et 18 \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance MMM-MSM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En 2014, nous n\u2019avions soumis aucun rapport d\u2019analyse, n\u2019ayant pu cerner l\u2019\u00e9chiquier politique.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comme soulign\u00e9 dans notre \u00e9dition de la semaine derni\u00e8re, s\u2019agissant du scrutin crucial de 2019, la prudence s\u2019impose en mati\u00e8re de pr\u00e9visions portant sur le nombre de si\u00e8ges qu\u2019obtiendrait finalement telle ou telle formation. Dans notre syst\u00e8me parlementaire, c\u2019est le nombre de si\u00e8ges obtenus par tel ou tel parti, ou alliance qui est d\u00e9cisif. Et cela se passe au niveau des circonscriptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Outre l\u2019incertitude inh\u00e9rente lors de cette lutte \u00e0 trois, le panachage des suffrages et l\u2019abstentionnisme demeurent des facteurs cl\u00e9s influen\u00e7ant l\u2019attribution des si\u00e8ges. La cristallisation tardive du choix d\u2019un nombre important d\u2019ind\u00e9cis ou de flottants rend \u00e9galement p\u00e9rilleux un tel exercice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/observations-tendances-2\/page-66\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Page-66.jpg?fit=1187%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1187,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Page 66\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Page-11.jpg?resize=608%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/observations-tendances-2\/page-12-ok\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Page-12-Ok.jpg?fit=1186%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1186,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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