PM Claims Large Victory in Village Elections

Ramgoolam is saying he won in more than 100 of the 130 villages contested. I don't think I heard Remake 2000 respond to this statement. And I don't even know how to sort these election results. Or those of the last two. Ok it's true I know people who could help me with this. Kind of don't really have time to do it now. But if anyone wants to have fun with them and provide some interesting insights please be my guest.

What these results confirm though is that the MSM is pretty weak in villages. And as they count for next to nothing in the towns Berenger must already be toying with the idea of announcing that his alliance with the MSM is clinically dead. That could come quickly after results are announced on Monday if as expected they don't win all municipalities. And if they don't win by a large margin.

Expect to start the week with a beaming Ramgoolam at a press point.

44% of Poll See Sweep For Remake 2000

That's a big change from two years ago when nobody thought this was a possibility. At that time the A2A had won the general elections a few months earlier and SAJ was sitting pretty at Le Reduit. The latest poll also shows a big reduction in the odds of the Government winning all towns: from 23% to only 1%. 36% also think A2A will win between 1 and 2 towns down from 52%. True the samples are pretty small but we can measure its informational content in 17 days.

But first 130 villages will vote -- 22,726 more voters live in our villages than in our towns -- and this could have a bearing on the municipal elections. You can count on Ramgoolam for this.