# 1948 Mauritian general election

General elections were held in Mauritius in August 1948. They were the first elections under a new constitution, which established a Legislative Council with 19 elected members, 12 appointed members and 3 ex officio members, and expanded the franchise to all adults who could write their name in one of the island's languages. They were won by the Labour Party led by Guy Rozemont, with eleven of the 19 elected seats won by Hindus. However, the Governor Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy appointed twelve conservatives to the Council on 23 August, largely to ensure the dominance of English and French speakers.
The elections were also the first in which women stood as candidates. Emilienne Rochecouste, who ran as an independent, was elected in Plaines Wilhems–Black River, becoming the first Mauritian woman elected to the Legislative Council. Following the elections, Denise De Chazal was appointed as one of the twelve nominated members.

## Results

The elections were held over two days, with Port Louis and Plaines Wilhems-Rivière Noire voting on 9 August and the remainder voting on 10 August.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
| Port Louis | Guy Rozemont | 7,257 | 16.4 | Elected |
| Port Louis | Charles Edgard Millien | 7,169 | 16.2 | Elected |
| Port Louis | Renganaden Seeneevassen | 5,257 | 11.9 | Elected |
| Port Louis | Samuel Benjamin Emile | 4,782 | 10.8 | Elected |
| Port Louis | François Gabriel Martial | 4,350 | 9.9 | |
| Port Louis | Abdool Razack Mohamed | 4,331 | 9.8 | |
| Port Louis | Alphonse Gontrand Zamudio | 3,275 | 7.4 | |
| Port Louis | Cassam Mamode Nazroo | 2,498 | 5.7 | |
| Port Louis | Louis François Raynald Moutia | 2,269 | 5.1 | |
| Port Louis | Ajum Dahal | 1,992 | 4.5 | |
| Port Louis | Joseph Marcel Mason | 516 | 1.2 | |
| Port Louis | Louis Frank Noël Nellan | 457 | 1.0 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Jules Marie Joseph Louis Maurice Jean Koenig | 10,129 | 11.4 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Louise Marie Emilienne Rochecouste | 9,329 | 10.5 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Peter Gérard Raymond Rault | 8,195 | 9.3 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Dunputh Luckeenarain | 7,988 | 9.0 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Joseph Guy Forget | 7,436 | 8.4 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Louis Raoul Rivet | 7119 | 8.0 | Elected |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Paul Maurice Laurence Nairac | 6,147 | 6.9 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Moonasur Kooraram | 6,099 | 6.9 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Félix Conrad Laventure | 5,681 | 6.4 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Jean Raoul Lamalétie | 5,354 | 6.1 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Amédée Poupard | 5,290 | 6.0 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Jacques Sizefroi Esaïe David | 5,069 | 5.7 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Rechad Ben Noorooya | 4,250 | 4.8 | |
| Plaines Wilhems- Black River | Marie Eugène Grégoire | 397 | 0.4 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Sookdeo Bissoondoyal | 5,612 | 18.7 | Elected |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Jaynarain Roy | 5,174 | 17.3 | Elected |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Juggurnauth Bedaysee | 4,707 | 15.7 | Elected |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Charles Henri Raymond Hein | 3,480 | 11.6 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Marie Louis Philippe Rozemont | 2,908 | 9.7 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Wilfrid L'etang | 2,757 | 9.2 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Mamode Ismael Ghanty | 2,629 | 8.8 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Dayanandsing Ramdin | 2,183 | 7.3 | |
| Grand Port-Savanne | Louis Antoine Marcel Marrier D'Unienville | 540 | 1.8 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | 5,982 | 23.4 | Elected |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Harilall Ranchhordas Vaghjee | 5,655 | 22.2 | Elected |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Aunauth Beejadhur | 5,118 | 20.1 | Elected |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Jean Philippe Lagesse | 2,846 | 11.2 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Radhamohun Gujadhur | 2,082 | 8.2 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Donald Francis | 1,370 | 5.4 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Ramawad Sewgobind | 1,087 | 4.3 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Ramsoondar Baboolall | 577 | 2.3 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Ramchundur Goburdhun | 405 | 1.6 | |
| Pamplemousses- Rivière du Rempart | Rampartab Allgoo | 397 | 1.6 | |
| Moka-Flacq | Sookdeosing Balgobin | 4,737 | 18.2 | Elected |
| Moka-Flacq | Bhagwan Gujadhur | 4,602 | 17.7 | Elected |
| Moka-Flacq | Ramsoomer Balgobin | 4,544 | 17.5 | Elected |
| Moka-Flacq | Alexis Désire Fernand Leclézio | 4,472 | 17.2 | |
| Moka-Flacq | Ackbar Gujadhur | 3,139 | 12.1 | |
| Moka-Flacq | Ismaël Peeroo | 2,600 | 10.0 | |
| Moka-Flacq | Satyadev Salabee | 1,929 | 7.4 | |
| Total | Total | 214,168 | 100 | |
| Source: Electoral Commission |||||