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The Rodrigues People's Organisation (OPR) (french: Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
based in the Island of Rodrigues,
Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
. At the legislative elections of 11 September 2000, the party won 2 out of 70 seats (both the seats allocated to Rodrigues Island). In the 2005 elections, 3 July 2005, the party won 2 out of 70 seats. In the 2006 regional election, OPR won 8 of 18 seats and subsequently lost government to Rodrigues Movement (MR). In the 2012 Rodrigues election, OPR won 11 of 21 seats in the Assembly and took control of the island government from MR. In the 2017, Rodrigues election, OPR won 10 of 17 seats.


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