Elections in Mauritania

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

Presidential elections

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani	Union for the Republic	483,007	52.00
	Biram Dah Abeid	Independent	172,649	18.59
	Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar	Independent	165,995	17.87
	Kane Hamidou Baba	Independent	80,777	8.70
	Mohamed Ould Mouloud	Rally of Democratic Forces	22,656	2.44
	Mohamed Lemine al-Mourtaji al-Wafi	Independent	3,688	0.40
Total			928,772	100.00
Valid votes			928,772	96.04
Invalid/blank votes			38,300	3.96
Total votes			967,072	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,544,132	62.63
Source: AMI

Parliamentary elections

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database