1992 Mauritanian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.9% of the vote.[1] Voter turnout was just 47.4%.[2]

1992 Mauritanian presidential election

24 January 1992

Nominee Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Ahmed Ould Daddah Party DSRP UFD-EN Popular vote 345,583 180,658 Percentage 62.89% 32.88%

President before election Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya DSRP Elected President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya DSRP

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya	Democratic and Social Republican Party	345,583	62.89
	Ahmed Ould Daddah	Union of Democratic Forces	180,658	32.88
	Mustafa Ould Salek	Independent	15,735	2.86
	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah	Popular Social and Democratic Union	7,506	1.37
Total			549,482	100.00
Valid votes			549,482	97.98
Invalid/blank votes			11,314	2.02
Total votes			560,796	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,183,892	47.37
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p596 ISBN 0-19-829645-2