More people abstained than voted for Arvin Boolell on Sunday. That's not all. Another 35.7% who voted didn't vote for him. 81% is a record for at least the last four by-elections held on the island of Mauritius. In fact for the three other by-elections the percentage who didn't vote for the winning candidate was in quite a narrow range of a little over 1%.
Pravind Jugnauth -- 61.5% in 2009 in no. 8
Rajesh Jeetah -- 60.5% in 2003 in no. 7
Xavier-Luc Duval -- 61.6% in 1999 in no. 20
The results of Sunday's voting is interesting in a number of other ways. We'll have another look soon.
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