Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius on Thursday to elect 70 members of the country's unicameral parliament.
Voters will elect directly 62 members of the national assembly while the 8 additional "best loser" will be appointed to fulfill the 70 seats of the national assembly for a five-year term.
Meanwhile, a total of 941,719 voters registered in the voter list headed to the polls in 526 polling stations throughout the country.
The provisional result of election is expected to be known by Friday Nov. 8, 2019.
This parliament election is important in Mauritius because the leader of the majority Party or Alliance winner of the election will be appointed Prime Minister.