 Following the electoral defeat of 1982 Sir Satcam Boolell was dismissed from the Labour Party, which led him to he form a new party Mouvement Patriotique Mauricien (MPM) before returning to the Labour Party in 1983.Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam subsequently became Governor General.After Seewoosagur's death in 1985 Satcam Boolell became Leader of the Labour Party.