Abdool Kader Bhayat, commonly known as Kader Bhayat, was a Mauritian lawyer, politician and former minister. He died on 15 November 2012 at the age of 76.

General elections were held in Mauritius on 20 December 1976. They were the first general elections to be held since independence on 12 March 1968 and came nine years after the previous elections in 1