Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Mauritania. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Mauritania .| Candidates – Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi | 183,726 | 24.80 | 373,520 | 52.85 |
| Ahmed Ould Daddah – Rally of Democratic Forces | 153,252 | 20.69 | 333,185 | 47.15 |
| Zeine Ould Zeidane | 113,182 | 15.28 | ||
| Messaoud Ould Boulkheir – Popular Alliance for Progress | 72,493 | 9.79 | ||
| Ibrahima Moctar Sarr | 58,878 | 7.95 | ||
| Saleh Ould Hanenna – Mauritanian Party of Union and Change | 56,700 | 7.65 | ||
| Mohamed Ould Maouloud – Union of the Forces of Progress | 30,254 | 4.08 | ||
| Dahane Ould Ahmed Mahmoud | 15,326 | 2.07 | ||
| Mohamed Ould Cheikhna | 14,200 | 1.92 | ||
| Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla | 12,813 | 1.73 | ||
| Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ebi El Maali | 10,868 | 1.47 | ||
| Ba Mamadou Alassane – Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice | 4,076 | 0.55 | ||
| Mohamed Ahmed Ould Baba Ahmed Ould Salihi | 2,779 | 0.38 | ||
| Moulaye El Hacen Ould Jeid – Mauritanian Party for Renewal and Concord | 2,535 | 0.34 | ||
| Chbih Ould Cheikh Malainine | 2,111 | 0.28 | ||
| Rajel dit Rachid Moustapha – Mauritanian Party for Renewal | 1,977 | 0.27 | ||
| Sidi Ould Isselmou Ould Mohamed Ahid | 1,784 | 0.24 | ||
| Isselmou Ould El Moustapha – Party of Democratic Convergence | 1,779 | 0.24 | ||
| Mohamed Ould Mohamed El Moctar Ould Tomi | 1,465 | 0.20 | ||
| Mohamed Ould Ghoulam Ould Sidaty | 652 | 0.09 | ||
| Total valid votes | 740,850 | 100.0 | 706,705 | 100.00 |
| Total valid poll(turnout 70.2 %/67.4 ) | 794,979 | 764,045 | ||
| Sources: African Elections, African Press Agency | ||||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats 1st round |
Seats 2nd round |
Total seats |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Mithaq (moderate Islamist independents) | 10 | 31 | 41 | |||
| RFD-UFP | Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) | 12 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Union of Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès) | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| RFD-UFP | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement) | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| APP-HATEM | People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste) | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement-HATEM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| APP-HATEM | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Rally for Democracy and Unity (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et l'Unité) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Democratic Renovation (Rénovation Démocratique) | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| People's Front (Front populaire) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Social-Democratic Unionist Party (Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| National Rally for Democracy, Liberty and Equality (Rassemblement national pour la liberté, la démocratie et l'égalité) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Union of the Democratic Center (Union du centre démocratique) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Alternative (Alternative) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 43 | 52 | 95 | |||
| Source: IPU | ||||||
| Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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