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10th National Assembly of Mauritania | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | National Assembly | ||||
Term | 19 June 2023[1] – | ||||
Election | 13 and 27 May 2023 | ||||
Website | www | ||||
Deputies | |||||
Members | 176 | ||||
President | Mohamed Ould Meguett (El Insaf) | ||||
1st Vice-President | Moussa Demba Sow (El Insaf) | ||||
2nd Vice-President | Ahmedou Ould M'Balla (Tewassoul) | ||||
3rd Vice-President | Ousmane Racine Sanghott (UDP) | ||||
4th Vice-President | Fatimetou Mint Habib (El Insaf) | ||||
5th Vice-President | Isselmou Ould Khatry (El Insaf) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 10th National Assembly is the current meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral chamber of the Mauritanian Parliament, with the membership determined by the results of the parliamentary election held on 13 and 27 May 2023.
The 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election was held on 13 and 27 May 2023. It saw El Insaf (the successor of the Union for the Republic) keep its majority in the National Assembly, with the Coordination of Parties of the Majority supporting the incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani holding a comfortable supermajority.
Party | National PR list | Total | |||
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Votes | % | Seats | ± | ||
El Insaf | 342,153 | 35.26% | 107 | +14 | |
Tewassoul | 99,475 | 10.25% | 11 | -3 | |
UDP | 58,823 | 6.06% | 10 | -4 | |
Sawab+ | 39,807 | 4.10% | 5 | +2 | |
Hope Mauritania | 32,315 | 3.33% | 7 | New | |
AND | 31,987 | 3.30% | 6 | +2 | |
El Islah | 31,854 | 3.28% | 6 | +5 | |
HATEM | 28,124 | 2.90% | 3 | +2 | |
El Karama | 25,437 | 2.62% | 5 | -1 | |
Nida El Watan | 24,268 | 2.50% | 5 | +5 | |
AJD/MR+ | 21,163 | 2.18% | 4 | +3 | |
HIWAR | 20,206 | 2.08% | 3 | +2 | |
PMM | 20,187 | 2.08% | 1 | +1 | |
El Vadila | 17,301 | 1.78% | 2 | +2 | |
State of Justice | 15,028 | 1.55% | 1 | +1 | |
Others | 136,120 | 14.03% | 0 | -12 | |
Blank votes | 26,250 | 2.70% | |||
Valid votes | 970,498 | 75.88% | |||
Null votes | 308,490 | 24.12% | |||
Seats | 176 | +19 | |||
Turnout | 1,278,988 | 71.59% | |||
Abstentions | 507,460 | 28.41% | |||
Registered voters | 1,786,448 | ||||
Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)[5] |
The new National Assembly met for the first time on 19 June 2023, with Mohamed Ould Meguett (El Insaf) being elected as President of the National Assembly with the support of the Coordination of Parties of the Majority with an absolute majority in the first round.[6]
Candidate | Party | Votes obtained | |
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Required majority → | 89 out of 176 | ||
Mohamed Bemba Meguett | El Insaf | 137 | |
Ahmedou Mohamed Mahfoudh M'Balla | Tewassoul | 27 | |
Abstentions | 2 | ||
Null votes | 3 | ||
Absentees | 7 |
On 22 July 2023 the State of Justice deputy Mohamed Bouya Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel reviewed during a parliamentary session an allegedly blasphemous text about Muhammad written by a student during the recent baccalaureate exams in the country, with Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel replacing the name of Muhammad in the text with the names of President Ould Ghazouani and his companions with Ghaxouan's ministers. Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel later wrote on Facebook that his speech "was a hypothetical projection aimed at drawing attention to the severity of the insult against the Messenger of God (PBUH) and criticizing the government's position due to its indecisiveness in arresting the abuser and reluctance to refer it to the judiciary". Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel later added on Facebook that "some in bad faith" considered his words as "unbearable", pointing out that the President of the National Assembly "prevented" him from a point of order to "clarify his position".[7]
Ruling party El Insaf and the presidential majority immediately condemned the declarations. Deputy Cheikh Mohamed Abderrahmane Moin(AND) condemned Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel's speech and asking deputies to stand up in protest, with most doing so and some hesitating between remaining on their seats and standing up. Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal, who was attending the session, replied on a 24-minute-long speech to Ould Mohamed Vadel, saying that "insulting the President of the Republic under the dome of Parliament is unacceptable". El Insaf's leader Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih also replied to Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel on Facebook, saying that what happened was "a sign of disregard for the law and contempt for democratic institutions, as well as an attack against the feelings of every Muslim citizen and every person with sound awareness".[7]
The High Authority for Press and Audiovisual (HAPA) forced Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel and the National Assembly's TV channel to delete the statement.[8]
Two days later, the Bureau of the National Assembly decided to suspend Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel for four sessions from the National Assembly.[9] Opposition deputies withdrew from the parliamentary session of that day in protest, with the President of the National Assembly Mohamed Ould Meguett confirming that the decision was "definitive" and taken by the Bureau "that represents everyone", noting that it was taken on the basis of the internal rules of the National Assembly.[10] Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel said in a live broadcast on his Facebook page he "expected to be subjected to more penalties", with him considering that the swift response of the National Assembly against him reveals that supporting Muhammad is not a "priority" for the "regime", comparing it with how the writer of the insulting Baccalaureate text wasn't judged yet.[11]
Minister of Justice Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Boya formally handed the parliament a request to lift the immunity of Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel on 24 July.[12] The National Assembly started forming the 13-member commission mandated by the inner rules of the National Assembly. According to it, El Insaf group could assign 8 deputies, the groups of the parliamentary majority (UDP, Trust and Justice) 3 deputies and the Tewassoul group and FRUD group one each.[13] FRUD, Sawab, Tewassoul and the pro-government Trust group all refused to join the committee.[14][15][16]
On 27 July the President of the National Assembly announced the names of the members appointed to the immunity lifting committee: El Insaf appointed 10 members and three pro-government groups (UDP, Trust and Justice) appointed one each.[17] Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel was summoned the next day to appear before the committee,[18] which he refused to do.[19]
The National Assembly voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of deputy Mohamed Bouya Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel, with 128 members voting in favour and 6 against.[20] The opposition boycotted the session,[21] with Hope Mauritania deputy Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud condemning it.[22]
A joint statement from all opposition groups criticised what they considered "the encroachment of the executive authority over the legislative apparatus", considering that the lifting of the immunity was unconstitutional as "the explicit constitutional texts provide immunity for deputies for their opinions while performing their duties, whatever the position on these opinions".[23] President of the FRUD group Kadiata Malick Diallo went as far as considering the decision as a "coup against the constitution" and a "murder of democracy". She also added that immunity lifting revealed that the legislative authority has no value against the executive authority, noting that the decision to lift immunity was made at the request of the executive authority "and the legislative authority did not object to it".[24]
"Today is a dark day in the history of the National Assembly. This is not a law debate session, nor a normal intervention session. Representatives are arrested as thieves are arrested."
— Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud[22]
Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel tried to attend the parliamentary session held the day after his immunity was lifted.[25] The police summoned him on 31 July,[26] with his lawyer reporting he wasn't allowed to meet him.[27] A video Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel recorded before his arrest was released, with him mentioning the yearly occurrence of cases of insults against Muhammad in Mauritania that went unpunished and adding "that all other tracks are not important and should not distract the Mauritanian people from defending the Prophet (PBUH)".[28]
A peaceful protest held by supporters of Mohamed Bouya in front of the Ministry of Justice was dispersed by the police, with the leader of the Kavana Movement (member of the State of Justice Coalition) Yacoub Ould Lemrabett declaring that he and young people from the movement were "subjected to repression and beatings by the police".[29]
The Judiciary Police referred the deputy to the public prosecutor on 3 August, three days after his arrest, with a request to imprison him.[30] The Public Prosecutor charged him with "publication of insult, defamation and slander against the President of the Republic".[31] An investigative judge in the wilaya of Nouakchott-Ouest rejected the Public Prosecution's request to refer deputy Mohamed Bouya Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel to prison, deciding to place him under judicial control instead.[32]
Deputy Mariem Cheikh Samba Dieng, elected under Sawab–RAG's list, was suspended from four sessions on 24 January 2024 by the Bureau of the National Assembly after calling the Prime Minister a "guardian dog of a corrupt system", extending the same denomination to the Haratin and Black Mauritanians on the government.[33] Her party RAG called for a press conference on the same day to defend their deputy, with Biram Dah Abeid saying that she didn't directly name or target the Prime Minister.[34]
The five vice-presidents and secretaries were elected on 21 June 2023.[35][36]
Parliamentary group | Members | President | ||
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110 | Mohamed Lemine Hamoud Amar | |||
17 | Saleh Mohamedou Hanana | |||
Tewassoul | 11 | Yahya Aboubecrine Sid Elemine | ||
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11 | Daoud Abdallahi Ahmed Aicha | ||
Union for Democracy and Progress | 10 | Naha Hamdi Mouknass | ||
Republican Front for Unity and Democracy | 7 | Kadiata Malick Diallo | ||
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On 5 July 2023 the National Assembly established its five specialised commissions.[38]
Position | Member | Party | |
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President | Mohamed Lemine El Moctar Sidi Maouloud | Hope Mauritania | |
Vice-president | Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed Mahmoud El Moktar | El Karama | |
Reporters | Jaafar Melaynine Hachem | El Insaf | |
Almamy Ilo Ba | UDP | ||
El Vadil Siddaty Ahmed Louly | El Insaf | ||
Secretaries | Ibrahima Mamadou Kebé | El Insaf | |
Zehoura Cheikhna Beidiya | Tewassoul |
Position | Member | Party | |
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President | Moustapha Sidi Hamoud | El Insaf | |
Vice-president | El Mourtadha Essalem T'Feil | Tewassoul | |
Reporters | El Bou Emoud Gelaa | El Insaf | |
Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed El Moustapha Mohamed El Hassene | AND | ||
Fatimetou Salma Mohamedou Sidi Hamoud | El Insaf | ||
Secretaries | Salek Dah Ena | El Insaf | |
Tombé Amara Camara | UDP |
Position | Member | Party | |
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President | Mohamed Ahmed Salem Talebna | El Islah | |
Vice-president | Zeine Alabidine El Mounir Toulba | El Insaf | |
Reporters | Mohamed Vih El Barka Bah | El Insaf | |
Khally Mamadou Diallo | Hope Mauritania | ||
El Atigh Mohamed Mohamed | El Insaf | ||
Secretaries | Behaida Khouade Khattry | Nida El Watan | |
Fatimetou Mohamed Abdellahi El Hacen | El Insaf |
Position | Member | Party | |
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President | El Moctar Khalifa Khalifa | El Insaf | |
Vice-president | Vala Seidna Aly Miny | HIWAR | |
Reporters | Hamada Khatary Hamadi | El Insaf | |
Mariem Cheikh Samba Dieng | Sawab+ | ||
Ahmed Deyt Mohamed El Moctar M'Heimed | El Insaf | ||
Secretaries | Abdou Louleid Wadad | El Islah | |
Syedna Aly Hamady El Kowry | El Insaf |
Position | Member | Party | |
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President | Ahmed Ould Zein Limane | El Insaf | |
Vice-president | Aboul Maouahib Mohamed El Houssein Habiboullah | El Insaf | |
Reporters | Mohamed Yayha Elmoustapha | HATEM | |
Moussa Mamadou Dia | El Insaf | ||
Ousmane Oumar Ba | AJD/MR+ | ||
Secretaries | El Hacen Mohamed Belid | El Insaf | |
Hachem Samoury M'Bareck Sebkha | El Insaf |
Electoral district | Deputy | Affiliation | |
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National list | Mohamed Bemba Meguett | El Insaf | |
Siham Mohamed Yahya Najem | |||
Mohamed Lemine Hamoud Amar | |||
Mariem El Hacen Oumar | |||
Youssouf Tijani Sylia | |||
Hamadi Khatary Hamadi | |||
Nouha Oumar Abidine Sidi | |||
Ahmedou Mohamed Mahfoudh M'Balla | Tewassoul | ||
Seddave Sidi Brahim Adda | |||
Ousmane Racine Sanghott | UDP | ||
Biram Dah Dah Abeid | Sawab+ | ||
El Id Mohameden M'Bareck | Hope Mauritania | ||
Yacoub Mohamed Abderrahmane Moine | AND | ||
Mohamed Ahmed Salem Talebna | El Islah | ||
Saleh Mohamedou Hanana | HATEM | ||
Nagi Mohamed Eterekzi | El Karama | ||
Daoud Abdallahi Ahmed Aicha | Nida El Watan | ||
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr | AJD/MR+ | ||
Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Cheikh Sid' Ahmed Wejih | HIWAR | ||
El Khalil Mohamedou Ennahoui | PMM | ||
Women's national list | Fatimetou Khlivit Amour Habib | El Insaf | |
Saadani Mohamed Khaitour | |||
Djeinaba Abdoul Samba Korka | |||
Fatimetou Mohamed Abdellahi El Hacen | |||
Mamah Mahfoudh Lemrabott | |||
Salma Ramadhane Amar Cheine | |||
Loula Ahmed Zarough | |||
Mounina Ahmed Salem J'Reivine | Tewassoul | ||
Zehoura Cheikhna Beidiya | |||
Naha Hamdi Mouknass | UDP | ||
Mariem Cheikh Samba Dieng | Sawab+ | ||
Kadiata Malick Diallo | Hope Mauritania | ||
Messouda Baham Mohamed Laghdaf | El Islah | ||
Oumeya Said Abd El Ghader | HATEM | ||
Aminetou Sidi Mohmad Hamadi | AND | ||
Khaire Sidaty El Wedani | Nida El Watan | ||
Tahra Mohamed Sidi Aly | El Karama | ||
Mouna Sid'Ahmed Sebty | El Vadila | ||
Vala Seidna Aly Miny | HIWAR | ||
Saoudatou Mamadou Wane | AJD/MR+ | ||
Youth's national list | Khadijetou Abdoulaye Wane | El Insaf | |
Isselmou Khatry Mohamed Jiddou | |||
Mohamed Vih El Barka Bah | |||
Jemile Mohamedou Nehah | |||
El Mourtadha Essalem T'Feil | Tewassoul | ||
El Hacen Kaber Sidi Brahim | UDP | ||
Aminetou El Hacen Boughel | Sawab+ | ||
Khally Mamadou Diallo | Hope Mauritania | ||
Mohamed Sid'El Moctar Oumar | El Islah | ||
Mohamed Yayha Elmoustapha | HATEM | ||
Sid'Ahmed Ahmed Megaya | AND | ||
Adel Begrou | Ahmoudeitt Abderrahmane Chein | El Insaf | |
El Vadil Siddaty Ahmed Louly | |||
Aïoun | Oumar Abdi Ahmed Said | El Insaf | |
El Ghassem Sidi Ghoueizi | |||
Akjoujt | Sid'Ahmed Mohamed El Hassen Doueiry | El Insaf | |
Aleg | El Bou Emoud Gelaa | El Insaf | |
Fatimetou Blal M'Bareck | |||
Amourj | Ahmed Deyt Mohamed El Moctar M'Heimed | El Insaf | |
Mohamed Lemine Mohamed Guiye | |||
Aoujeft | Mohamed Abdalahy Ely Telmoudy | El Insaf | |
Atar | El Houssein Mahfoudh Bouboutt | El Insaf | |
Ahmed Louleid Abdalla | |||
Bababé | Oumar Abdoulaye Sow | El Insaf | |
Adama Boubou Dieng | |||
Barkéol | Moussa El Bechir Mohamed El Mehdy | El Insaf | |
Mohamedou Boukhreysse Abdallahi | |||
Bassiknou | Mohamed Mahmoud Sidi Hanana | El Insaf | |
Vih El Mane Khaina Ghacha | |||
Bénichab | Ali Sidi Mohamed Dewla | El Insaf | |
Bir Moghrein | Mohamed Salem Ahmed Ahmed Noueygued | El Islah | |
Boghé | Moctar Al Housseynou Lam | El Insaf | |
El Atigh Mohamed Mohamed | |||
Boumdeid | Mohamed Lemine Mohamed Abdellahi El Ghazwany | El Insaf | |
Boutilimit | El Vouad Ahmed Salem Bouna Moctar | El Insaf | |
Aboul Maouahib Mohamed El Houssein Habiboullah | |||
Chami | Lemrabott Houmeya Tanji | El Insaf | |
Chinguetti | El Bou Hamdy Abdarrahmane | El Insaf | |
Djiguenni | Taleb Moustaphe Mohamed Lemine Sidi Abdalla | El Insaf | |
Syedna Aly Hamady El Kowry | |||
F'Déirick | Khaddad Lemrabott Moctar | El Insaf | |
Ghabou | Hajiratou Khalidou Ba | UDP | |
Abibou Moussa Dramé | |||
Guerou | El Moukhtar Mohamed Limam | Tewassoul | |
El Ghassem Mohamed Ahmed Taleb Ebeidy | El Vadila | ||
Kaédi | Moussa Demba Sow | El Insaf | |
Mohamed Abdoul N'Diaye | UDP | ||
Ousmane Oumar Ba | AJD/MR+ | ||
Kankoussa | Ibrahim Kaba Barick | El Insaf | |
Chriv Sidi Ali Sidi Ali | |||
Keur Macène | Ailoune Mohameden Mahmoud | El Insaf | |
Weitate Sidi Yaaraf M'boirick | |||
Kiffa | Lemrabott Mohamed Mohamed | Nida El Watan | |
Khattry Cheikh Mahmoud | El Insaf | ||
Mohamed Mahmoud Cheikh El Ghouth | HIWAR | ||
Koubenni | Babah Cheikhne Ahmed Babou | El Insaf | |
Fatma Sidi Mohamed Ely Mahmoud | UDP | ||
Behaida Khouade Khattry | Nida El Watan | ||
Lexeiba | Mohamed Abdallahi Mamoudou Kane | El Insaf | |
M'Bagne | Amadou Moctar Ibra Niang | El Insaf | |
Ibrahima Mamadou Kebé | |||
M'Bout | Jaafar Melaynine Hachem | El Insaf | |
El Hacen Cheikh Baha | El Karama | ||
Yarba Sidi Breick | AND | ||
Maghama | Mamadou Mamadou Niang | El Insaf | |
Hachem Samoury M'Bareck Sebkha | |||
Magta Lahjar | Ahmed El Mally Mohamed Menane | El Insaf | |
Fatimetou Salma Mohamedou Sidi Hamoud | |||
Male | Sidna Sidi Mohamed Ahmed Ely | El Insaf | |
Zein El Abidine Sidi Ahmed Ahmed El Hadi | |||
Méderdra | Mohamed El Khamess Sidi Abdallah Sidi Abdallah | El Insaf | |
Moustapha Boulah Souheib | |||
Monguel | H'bib Brahim Diah | El Insaf | |
Sidi Ahmed Ghaber | |||
Moudjéria | Oumoukelthoum El Yassa El Yassa Soueid Ahmed | El Insaf | |
Elyakher Yesslem Sidi El Moctar | |||
N'beiket Lahwach | Salek Dah Ena | El Insaf | |
Néma | Mohamed El Ghaith El Hadrami Cheikh Mohamed Vadel | El Insaf | |
Vatimetou Mohamed Yarbe Jiyid | |||
Nouadhibou | El Ghassem Bellali Bellali | El Karama | |
Mohamed Abdellahi El Mamy El Ghailany | El Insaf | ||
Aziza Saleck Jiddou | Tewassoul | ||
Khalidou Samba Sow | AJD/MR+ | ||
Nouakchott-Nord | Ahmed Jiddou Zein Limane | El Insaf | |
Zeine Alabidine El Mounir Toulba | |||
Isselkou Mohamed Salem Bahah | Tewassoul | ||
Cheikh Mohamed Abderrahmane Moine | AND | ||
Abd Selam Horma Horma | Sawab+ | ||
Mohamed Lemine El Moctar Sidi Maouloud | Hope Mauritania | ||
Mohamed El Moctar Sidi Zoghmane | UDP | ||
Nouakchott-Ouest | Baba Mohamed El Moctar Ahmed Lebrahim | El Insaf | |
Rabya Cherif Haïdara | |||
Mamadou Demba Ba | Tewassoul | ||
Balla Abdou Touré | Hope Mauritania | ||
El Wedia Mohamed Al Vagha | El Islah | ||
Mohamed Bouya Cheikh El Mamoune Cheikh Mohamed Vadel[b] | State of Justice | ||
Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed El Moustapha Mohamed El Hassene | AND | ||
Nouakchott-Sud | Maimouna Ahmed Salem Yahdhih | El Insaf | |
El Moctar Khalifa Khalifa | |||
El Hacen Mohamed Belid | |||
Yahya Aboubecrine Sid Elemine | Tewassoul | ||
Amadou Tidjane Abou Diop | Hope Mauritania | ||
Ghame Achour Salem | Sawab+ | ||
Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed Mahmoud El Moktar | El Karama | ||
Ouad Naga | Jemal Mohamed Yedaly | El Insaf | |
Saleck Mohameden Haden | |||
Ouadane | Abdou Louleid Wadad | El Islah | |
Oualata | Sidi Cheikh Diajouh | El Insaf | |
Ould Yengé | Almamy Ilo Ba | UDP | |
Tombé Amara Camara | |||
R'Kiz | Mohamed Mohamed Abdallahi El Moustapha | El Insaf | |
Abdellahi El Wely El Hacen Cheikh Mohamedou Yahya | |||
Rosso | Mohamedhen Vall Mohamed El Alem | El Insaf | |
Amet Mohamed Badien Fall | |||
Sélibaby | Sidney Dramane Sokhona | El Insaf | |
Habsa Yaya Kane | |||
Tamchekett | Ahamdy Hamadi Ahamdy | El Insaf | |
Mohamed Abderrahmane Mohamed Mahmoud Sabar | |||
Tékane | Aly Mamoudou Kane | El Insaf | |
Ahmed Mohamed Abbe | |||
Tichitt | Bouya Ahmed Chrif Chrif El Mokhtar | El Insaf | |
Tidjikja | Ghleywa Eman Lahdhana | El Insaf | |
Moustapha Sidi Hamoud | |||
Timbédra | Sidelemine Sid M'Hamed Emine | El Insaf | |
Mohamedou Ahmedou Ahmedou | |||
Tintane | Sidi Mohamed Mohamed Lemine Seyidi | El Insaf | |
Moulkhaïry Mohamed Lemine Cheikh El Ghazwany | |||
Touil | Mohamed Cheikh Sidiya Toulba | Nida El Watan | |
Wompou | Yakharé Biranté Soumaré | El Insaf | |
Moussa Mamadou Dia | |||
Zouérate | Hamoud Ely El Malha | El Insaf | |
Idoumou Mohamed Haky | |||
Africa | Ahmedou Mohamed Bouvecha | El Insaf | |
America | Yahya Loud Seffah | Hope Mauritania | |
Asia | Abdallahi Sidi Mohamed Bouka | Tewassoul | |
Europe | Issa Mansega Ansoumane Diawara | El Insaf | |
Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI) |