Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s Morisian Alliance (see note 1) won the majority in the 70-member National Assembly (see note 2), defeating two other alliances: Former Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam’s National Alliance and former Prime Minister Paul Bérenger’s Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM). On 12 November, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth was sworn in for a five-year term. The 2019 elections were the first to be held under the incumbent Prime Minister who had taken over from his father, Mr. Anerood Jugnauth , in 2017 when the latter stepped down from the post. During election campaigning, the major parties pledged to strengthen the welfare state and improve equality. The incumbent Prime Minister, who is also Finance Minister, promised to continue his economic policies, citing the economic growth of nearly four per cent in 2018, and promised more infrastructure work, including an underground train. Note 1: The Morisian Alliance comprises, amongst others, Prime Minister Jugnauth’s Mouvement Socialiste Militant (MSM) and the Muvman Liberater (ML), which was in the outgoing coalition government. In 2019 the Mauritian Social Democrat Party (PMSD), which had been in the Lepep Alliance in 2014, joined the National Alliance led by Mr. Ramgoolam's Labour Party. Note 2: In addition to 62 directly elected members, the Electoral Supervisory Commission may nominate a maximum of eight additional members with a view to correcting any imbalance in community representation in Parliament. In the 2019 elections, eight additional members were nominated (up from seven previously), bringing the total number of members to 70, of whom 14 were women (up from eight).