In 1983 the first Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (BBR) alliance got 5.7% more votes than Berenger's MMM. That gave them a 22 seats advantage. It was also the first time Berenger had presented himself as candidate to the land's highest office. He didn't get elected in Quatre-Bornes.
Four years later the second BBR alliance got a 5.6% advantage but gave back two seats to the MMM but Berenger was again not elected in QB.
Interestingly in 2005 Ramgoolam got a BBR-like result: 38-22. And this time he got a 6.2% votes advantage. But he pretty much wasted such a comfortable majority.
