Elections in Mauritania
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Prior to the coup d'état of August 2005, Mauritania was a one party dominant state with the Democratic and Social Republican Party in power. Opposition parties were allowed, but widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Mauritania elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Prior to 2006, the president was elected for a six-year term by the people, with no term limits; following the constitutional referendum of June 2006, presidential terms are now five years, with a two-term limit and a maximum age limit of 75. The Parliament (Barlamane/Parlement) has one chamber. The National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah/Assemblée Nationale) has 81 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.
Latest elections
2014 Presidential election
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Union for the Republic | 577,995 | 81.89 |
Biram Dah Abeid | Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement | 61,218 | 8.67 |
Boïdiel Ould Houmeit | El Wiam | 31,773 | 4.50 |
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 31,368 | 4.44 |
Laila Maryam Mint Moulaye Idriss | Independent | 3,434 | 0.49 |
Invalid/blank votes | 44,077 | – | |
Total | 749,865 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,328,168 | 56.46 | |
Source: CENI |
2013 Parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held on 23 November 2013.
2009 Presidential election
Presidential elections were held on 18 July 2009 after a coup d'état in 2008.
Candidates – Parties | Votes | % | |||
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz – Union for the Republic | 409,100 | 52.58 | |||
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir – Popular Alliance for Progress/National Front for the Defense of Democracy | 126,782 | 16.29 | |||
Ahmed Ould Daddah – Rally of Democratic Forces | 106,263 | 13.66 | |||
Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour – National Rally for Reform and Development | 37,059 | 4.76 | |||
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr – Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 35,709 | 4.59 | |||
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | 29,681 | 3.81 | |||
Kane Hamidou Baba | 11,568 | 1.49 | |||
Saleh Ould Hanenna – Mauritanian Party of Union and Change | 10,219 | 1.31 | |||
Hamada Ould Meimou | 9,936 | 1.28 | |||
Sghair Ould M'Bareck | 1,788 | 0.23 | |||
Total votes | 778,105 | 100.00 | |||
Registered Voters/turnout | 1,265,063 | 61.51 | |||
Sources: click4mauritania.com, Voter Turnout: Mauritania (in French) Preliminary and final results, OIF |
2007 Presidential elections
Presidential elections were held on 11 March 2007 following a military coup in 2005 that ousted long-time dictator Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.
2006 Parliamentary elections
Parliamentary and municipal elections in Mauritania occurred on 19 November and 3 December 2006 following a military coup in 2005 that ousted long-time dictator Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.
Past elections
2007 Senate election
Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | Total | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Al-Mithaq (moderate Islamist independents) | 2,258 | 63.14 | 23 | 1,081 | 69.79 | 11 | 34 | |
Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) and allies | 365 | 10.21 | 5 | 98 | 6.33 | 1 | 6 | |
Rally of Democratic Forces–Union of Forces of Progress (RFD-UFP) | 76 | 4.91 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement) | 231 | 6.46 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Union of Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès) | 129 | 3.61 | 1 | 29 | 1.87 | 0 | 1 | |
Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (Coalition des Forces de Changements) | 83 | 2.32 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement/HATEM) and allies | 31 | 0.87 | 1 | 103 | 6.65 | 2 | 3 | |
Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) and allies | 28 | 0.78 | 1 | 1 | ||||
People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste) and allies | 12 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | ||||
representatives of the diaspora | 3 | |||||||
Total | 3,137 | 100.0 | 38 | 1,387 | 100.0 | 15 | 56 |
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