Editing Rodrigues (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Assemblée regionale de Rodrigues.JPG|thumb|Rodrigues Regional Assembly]]
The island of Rodrigues is a [[Constituencies of Mauritius|constituency of the Republic of Mauritius]] and is dependent on the latter. However, on 20 November 2001, the [[National Assembly of Mauritius|Mauritius National Assembly]] unanimously adopted two laws giving Rodrigues its autonomy, creating a decentralised government system. This new legislation has allowed the implementation of a regional assembly in Rodrigues constituting 18 members and an executive council headed by a Chief Commissioner. The council meets every week to make decisions, draw up laws and manage the budget. The [[Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues|Chief Commissioner]] has the main task of informing the Mauritian Prime Minister of the management of the island's concerns. The [[2022 Rodrigues Regional Assembly election|last election of the Rodriguan Regional Assembly]] was held on 27 February 2022. The [[Alliance]] (UPR/MIR/PSMD/FPR
) party was the winner and obtained nine seats, while the [[Rodrigues People's Organisation|Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues]] (OPR) obtained eight. The [[President of Mauritius|President]] acts as head of state and the [[Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues|Chief Commissioner]] as head of government on Rodrigues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-19 |title=Rodrigues Island |url=https://yuva.info/activism/yuva-mauritius/rodrigues-island/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=YUVA |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013054105/https://yuva.info/activism/yuva-mauritius/rodrigues-island/ |archive-date=2022-10-13 |url-status=live}}</ref> The current chief commissioner is [[Johnson Roussety]] and the [[Chief Executive of Rodrigues]] is Pierre Louis Jean Claude.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rodrigues Administration |url=https://mroiti.govmu.org/Pages/Rodrigues/Rodrigues-Administration.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621090520/https://mroiti.govmu.org/Pages/Rodrigues/Rodrigues-Administration.aspx |archive-date=2022-06-21 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Mauritian Government |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Electoral regions===
The island includes six electoral regions: La Ferme (Region 1), Marechal (Region 2), Saint Gabriel (Region 3), Baie aux Huitres (Region 4), Port Mathurin (Region 5) and Grande Montagne (Region 6). Rodrigues Regional Assembly election are held every five years.

===Zones===
Rodrigues is divided into 14 municipalities or zones. For statistical purposes, the zones are further subdivided into a total of 182 localities. The zones have between a minimum of six localities (La Ferme) and maximum of 22 (the capital [[Port Mathurin]]).<ref name="zones">{{cite journal |url=http://www.govmu.org/portal/sites/ncb/cso/report/hpcen00/migra/munirod.htm |publisher=Government of Mauritius |title=List of localities within each zone defined for Rodrigues |access-date=10 March 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[File:Rodrigues locations named.svg|600x600px]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Zone Nr.|| style="text-align:left;"|Municipality || Population<ref group=note name=a/>
|- style="background:#ffe7ba;"
|5||[[Port Mathurin]] || style="text-align:right;"|5,929
|-
|8||Lataniers-Mont Lubin || style="text-align:right;"|3,806
|-
|9||Petit Gabriel || style="text-align:right;"|3,658
|-
|12||Rivière Cocos || style="text-align:right;"|2,893
|-
|10||Mangues-Quatre Vents || style="text-align:right;"|2,870
|-
|11||Plaine Corail-La Fouche Corail || style="text-align:right;"|2,832
|-
|13||Port Sud-Est || style="text-align:right;"|2,717
|-
|4||Oyster Bay || style="text-align:right;"|2,594
|-
|7||Roche Bon Dieu-Trèfles || style="text-align:right;"|2,059
|-
|14||Coromandel-Graviers || style="text-align:right;"|1,944
|-
|1||Piments-Baie Topaze || style="text-align:right;"|1,445
|-
|2||La Ferme || style="text-align:right;"|1,112
|-
|3||Baie Malgache || style="text-align:right;"|1,076
|-
|6||Grand Baie-Montagne Goyaves || style="text-align:right;"|844
|- style="background:#ddd;"| class="sortbottom"
|&nbsp;|| '''Rodrigues''' || style="text-align:right;"| 35,779
|-
|}