Mauritius’ opposition coalition has won the country’s election by a landslide. The Alliance for Change coalition took all parliamentarly seats in a major rejection of the country’s current government.

Navin Ramgoolam was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Mauritius for a third term after his alliance of change coalition’s sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections, marking his return to pow

Polling places around Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island nation that held general elections on Sunday, came under threat after voting ended. Leaders of the main alliances called for calm.

and is the son of the man who led Mauritius to independence in 1968. He says his priorities include ending the rising cost of living, rooting out corruption and putting a stop to what he calls the country's spy system.

The ruling party in Mauritius has suffered an embarrassingly huge defeat with people voting for change and becoming the second country in SADC to change government within a week after Botswana.

Former Prime Minister of Mauritius and candidate for Alliance du Changement party Navin Ramgoolam casts his ballot as his wife Veena Ramgoolam stands beside, at a polling centre during the Mauritian general election in Vacoas/Floreal,