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2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election
Mauritania
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All 176 seats in the National Assembly
89 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.59% (Decrease0.87pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
El Insaf Mohamed Melainine O. Eyih 35.25 107 +14
Tewassoul Hamadi Ould Sid'El Moctar 10.24 11 −3
UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 6.06 10 +4
Sawab–RAG Biram Dah Abeid 4.10 5 +2
Hope MR Collective leadership 3.33 7 +7
AND Yacoub Ould Moine 3.30 6 +2
El Islah Mohamed Ould Talebna 3.28 6 +5
HATEM Saleh Ould Hanenna 2.90 3 +3
El Karama Cheikhna Ould Hajbou 2.62 5 −1
NW Daoud Ould Ahmed Aicha 2.50 5 +5
AJD/MR+ Ibrahima Moctar Sarr 2.18 4 +3
HIWAR Valle Mint Mini 2.08 3 +2
PMM El Khalil Ould Ennahoui 2.08 1 +1
El Vadila Ethmane Ould Eboul Mealy 1.78 2 +2
CED Collective leadership 1.55 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate
Mohamed Ould Bilal
El Insaf		 Mohamed Ould Bilal
El Insaf
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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 13 and 27 May 2023, alongside regional and local elections.[1][2]

The elections were the first parliamentary elections held after the first peaceful transition of power in the country as a result of the 2019 presidential elections, in which Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was elected president after incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was not able to run due to the two-term constitutional limit.

Ruling El Insaf (Equity Party) managed to secure a majority in the National Assembly and increase its national list vote percentage, in part due to the smaller number of parties contesting this election. The party was forced into several runoffs and didn't sweep into all constituencies elected through a general ticket as in 2018. The opposition was completely restructured, with left-wing Union of the Forces of Progress, centre-left Rally of Democratic Forces and Haratine minority interests People's Progressive Alliance losing all of their seats in the National Assembly, with left-leaning Hope Mauritania replacing them as the hegemonic left-wing opposition.

Background

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The previous parliamentary elections in 2018 saw the incumbent Union for the Republic (UPR) re-elected with an absolute majority,[3] forming a coalition government with the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) with support of parties from the presidential majority, giving the UPR a comfortable majority in the National Assembly.[4]

After the elections, 76 parties from both the presidential majority and opposition camps were dissolved for not obtaining more than 1% or not participating in two consecutive local elections, based on an election law passed the year before, with only 28 parties left registered.[5][6][7]

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani from the UPR was elected president in the 2019 presidential elections, leading to the first peaceful transition of power in the country. Ghazouani quickly distanced himself from outgoing president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a divide that was made effective when Sidi Mohamed Ould Taleb Omar was elected president of the UPR, with Ould Abdel Aziz leaving the party. Ould Abdel Aziz was subsequently charged with "corruption, money laundering, illicit enrichment and abuse of influence" by the Public Prosecutor in March 2021 and referred to court in June 2022.[8] He had been jailed in June 2021,[9] until a bail was granted in January 2022 over health concerns.[10]

After the split between Ghazouani and Aziz, the parties of the presidential majority reaffirmed their support to Ghazouani when creating the Coordination of Parties of the Majority in April 2021, as the new alliance gathering the parties of the presidential majority heavily criticised the legacy of the former president.[11]

Four major political parties merged into the Union for the Republic. On 18 October 2018, a month after the previous parliamentary elections, the Unionist Party for the Construction of Mauritania (PUCM) voted to merge into the UPR.[12] On 21 October Choura for Development made the same decision,[13] while centrist El Wiam, a moderate opposition party, did the same on 29 October.[14] The last party to merge into the UPR was the National Pact for Democracy and Development (PNDD-ADIL), which was the ruling party from 2007 until the 2008 coup. PNDD-ADIL merged into the UPR on 27 December 2019.[15]

During the legislative term there were several cabinet reshuffles, the first one due to ministers appearing in papers from a parliamentary commission investigating corruption during the Aziz era, leading to the fall of Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya's government in August 2020 and Mohamed Ould Bilal becoming the new PM.[16] The second one was in May 2021 to restructure several ministries.[17][18] The third one was in March–April 2022 after the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal, who was re-appointed the following day with a new cabinet.[19] The fourth and fifth ones were in September 2022, the first due to the government wanting to fit in former PM Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf since he was seen as more capable of negotiating with the opposition and helping the government win the next elections,[20][21] with the second one happening two weeks later.[22]

On 26 September 2022 an agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralisation and all political parties registered in Mauritania was reached to renew the Independent National Electoral Commission and hold the elections in the first semester of 2023, with parties justifying it due to climatic and logistical conditions.[23][24]

Electoral system

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The signing ceremony of the final document of the consultation between the parties and the Ministry of Interior

On 26 September 2022 all Mauritanian political parties reached an agreement sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralisation to reform the election system ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of meetings between all parties.[24]

The 176 members (an increase of 17 members compared to 2018) of the National Assembly will be elected by two methods (with Mauritanians being able to cast four different votes in a parallel voting system); 125 are elected from single- or multi-member electoral districts based on the departments (or moughataas) that the country is subdivided in[a] (which the exception of Nouakchott, which has been divided in three 7-seat constituencies for this election based on the three regions (or wilayas) the city is subdivided in instead of the single 18-seat constituency that was used in 2018),[24] using either the two-round system or proportional representation; in single-member constituencies candidates require a majority of the vote to be elected in the first round and a plurality in the second round. In two-seat constituencies, voters vote for a party list (which must contain one man and one woman); if no list receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round is held, with the winning party taking both seats. In constituencies with three or more seats, closed list proportional representation is used, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.[26] For three-seat constituencies, party lists must include a female candidate in first or second on the list; for larger constituencies a zipper system is used, with alternate male and female candidates.[26]

The Mauritanian diaspora gets allocated four seats, with this election being the first time Mauritanians in the diaspora are able to directly elect their representatives.[24]

The remaining 51 seats are elected from three nationwide constituencies, also using closed list proportional representation: a 20-seat national list (which uses a zipper system), a 20-seat women's national list and a new 11-seat youth list (with two reserved for people with special needs), which also uses a zipper system to guarantee the representation of women.[24][26]

"One vote" system

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In November 2022 President Ould Ghazouani called the parties supporting him to support the introduction of a single ballot system in the election, reducing the number of ballots from four to one.[27] It has been suggested that Ghazouani started to further push for this reform after ex-president Ould Abdel Aziz starting working on his election strategy, as the ruling party wants to ensure a victory in the upcoming elections.[28]

Political analyst Abdellahi Ould Mohamed Lemine told Maghreb Voices that he believes that adopting this option in voting will cancel the current method of election, which relies on ability of voters in choosing different parties per ballot (national lists and constituency), and that such reform would benefit the largest parties, especially El Insaf, which is capable of fielding candidates in all constituencies. This reform would also open the door to further disputes between the government and the opposition, which strongly opposed this method.[28]

Tewassoul called on political parties to coordinate to stand up to "the circumvention of the agreement", expressing their surprised at "the recent confusion about issues that were decided by the agreement", in reference to the "one vote" system. The party's spokesperson, Salek Ould Sidi Mahmoud, affirmed that he considers the issue as "an indication that does not encourage confidence in the government's commitment to the [election reform] agreement" and said that "the proposal to unify the card was put forward under the pretext of reducing the void cards, but it is a fact that greatly limits the voter's freedom of choice".[29]

On 16 February 2023, the National Independent Election Commission and the political parties agreed to ditch the idea of a unified ballot, deciding to keep the ballot design as it was.[30]

Parliamentary composition

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The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber when the National Assembly was dissolved on 13 March 2023.[6][7][31]

Parliamentary composition at dissolution
Groups Parties Legislators
Seats Total
El Insaf's Parliamentary Group El Insaf 103 103
Balance Parliamentary Group UDP 6 24[b]
El Karama 6
AND 4
PSJN 3
HIWAR 1
El Islah 1
Independent 3[c]
Tewassoul's Parliamentary Group Tewassoul 14 14
Sawab-APP's Parliamentary Group APP 3 7[34]
RAG 2[d]
Sawab 1
AJD/MR 1
UFP-RFD's Parliamentary Group RFD 3 7
UFP 3
Independent 1[e]
Non-Inscrits Independent 2[f] 2

Parties and alliances

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See also: List of political parties in Mauritania and List of candidates in the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election

The table below lists parties with parliamentary representation in the 9th National Assembly at the time of dissolution.[6][7][31]

Name Main ideology Position Party leader Deputies Government
El Insaf Populism
Liberal conservatism 		Centre-right Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih
103 / 157
 Government
Tewassoul Sunni Islamism
Religious conservatism 		Right-wing Hamadi Ould Sidi Mokhtar
14 / 157
 Opposition
UDP Centrism
Civic nationalism 		Centre Naha Mint Mouknass
6 / 157
 Government
El Karama Social liberalism
Social democracy 		Centre Cheikhna Ould Hajbou
6 / 157
 External support
AND Social democracy Centre Yacoub Ould Moine
4 / 157
 External support
UFP Left-wing nationalism
Democratic socialism 		Left-wing Mohamed Ould Maouloud
3 / 157
 Opposition
RFD Social democracy Centre-left Ahmed Ould Daddah
3 / 157
 Opposition
APP Haratine interests
Social liberalism 		Centre-left Messaoud Ould Boulkheir
3 / 157
 Opposition
Sawab RAG Haratine interests
Social democracy 		Centre-left Biram Dah Abeid
2 / 157
 Opposition
Sawab Ba'athism
Arab nationalism 		Syncretic Ahmed Salem Ould Horma
1 / 157
 Opposition
PSJN Populism
Youth interests 		Big tent Lalla Mint Cheriva
3 / 157
 External support
CVE–CVE/VR AJD/MR Black minority interests Big tent Ibrahima Moctar Sarr
1 / 157
 Opposition
HIWAR Youth interests
Social conservatism 		Right-wing Valle Mint Mini
1 / 157
 External support
El Islah Populism
Reformism 		Centre Mohamed Ould Talebna
1 / 157
 External support

In July 2022 the UPR rebranded itself as the Equity Party (El Insaf), electing Minister of Education and government spokesperson Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih as president of the party,[36] with him leaving the cabinet shortly after to focus on leading the party.[37]

On 5 October 2022 the Union for Planning and Construction (UPC), until then a member of the Coordination of Parties of the Majority, decided to form a coalition with four political movements that were not allowed to be registered as political parties, forming the State of Justice Coalition, which would run under the UPC party label.[38]

On 22 December 2022, Hope Mauritania was presented as a left-leaning opposition alliance which was joined by several major politicians, including ex-MP Kadiata Malick Diallo (ex-UFP) and MPs Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud (ex-Choura) and Elid Ould Mohameden (RFD).[39][40]

On 25 December 2022, Tewassoul chose MP for Kiffa Hamadi Ould Sidi Mokhtar as the new party leader, replacing Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Seyidi.[41]

Campaign

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Election debates

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Private TV channel El Mourabitoun organised several television debates for candidates and representatives of major parties to talk about the election and its campaign and to debate about electoral issues.

2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election debates
Date Organisers     P  Present[g]    R  Representative    NI  Not invited 
El Insaf Tewassoul El Karama UFP RFD APP Sawab HIWAR El Islah HATEM CED Ribat CAP Ref.
30 April El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		R
Sidi Heiba 		R
Ahmed Salek 		NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [42]
1 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		NI NI R
Naha 		R
Dedde 		NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [43]
2 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		NI NI NI NI R
El Mehdi 		NI NI NI NI R
Deide 		NI NI NI [44]
3 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI R
El Nejib 		NI P
Lemrabet 		NI NI [45]
4 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		NI NI R
Sidi 		NI NI NI R
Abeid 		NI NI NI NI NI NI [46]
5 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		R
Arafat 		NI NI NI NI R
Barka 		NI NI NI NI NI NI NI [47]
7 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		R
El Ghassem 		NI NI NI NI NI NI R
Baba Ahmed 		NI NI NI NI NI [48]
10 May El Mourabitoun TV
The Electoral Scene 		NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI R
Eilal 		R
Nebagha 		[49]

Opinion polls

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Abs. UPR RNRD UDP El Karama AND UFP APP HATEM Others N/A Lead
Arab Barometer 21 November 2021 – 25 January 2022 2,000 10.40 18.60 5.95 2.50 1.35 1.50 3.05 3.20 1.65
1.85%
El Wiam on 1.15%
PNDD-ADIL on 0.7%
 49.0 12.65
2018 election 1 Sep 2018 – 27.54 19.47 11.28 4.34 3.52 3.15 2.80 1.84 0.93 – – 8.19

Conduct

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Polling stations opened at 7AM local time (GMT).[50] Armed and security forces voted on the same day as the rest of eligible voters, breaking an old tradition of them voting the day before the scrutiny.[51] An election observation mission was sent by the African Union.[52]

Voting was stopped on at least three polling stations in Magta Lahjar after a grievance was submitted by El Insaf due to ballots missing for the local elections in these polling stations.[53]

Tewassoul asked for voting to be stopped in four polling stations in a village of Boutilimit and the dismissal of the head of the National Independent Election Commission (CENI) in the department of Boutlimit. In a statement, the party said it was "surprised" by the replacement of the heads of the four offices, "after the spread of audio clips of the head of CENI's branch in Boutilimit, directed by some of the activists and leaders of El Insaf in the department". The party pointed out that "under these suspicious changes, the head of El Insaf's youth wing in Boutilimit was appointed head of one of the four polling stations, while the remaining three appointed are activists known for their relations with the leadership of El Insaf and influential military figures, unlike the heads of the polling stations who remained accredited until yesterday [12 May] afternoon".[54]

Polling stations closed at 7PM local time, with polling stations that opened late being opened for the same duration of the delay. Both parties in government and opposition parties complained about the voting process, with Tewassoul's leader qualifying the election as "messy" and "disorganised"; while El Insaf also insisted on them being affected by the delays and some of their representatives being prevented from entering polling stations.[55] Meanwhile, the National Independent Election Commission praised the election for being conducted in a "calm and responsible atmosphere", insisting that there were no significant incidents that could impact the results or the credibility of the election.[56]

CENI announced during the scrutiny of votes that it detected the manipulation of the results of the El Mina department of Nouakchott where some votes were transferred from the null and neutral cards to a particular candidate, confirming that the matter had been corrected, and judicial procedures had taken its course after a candidate complained about the results and an inner investigation was launched.[57]

Voter turnout

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Turnout updates

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Time
12:00 16:00 18:30
18.00% 31.24% 41.12%
Sources[58][59][60]

Turnout by wilaya

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Wilaya N W Y D
Adrar 71.27% 71.57% 71.61% 71.64%
Assaba 73.41% 73.01% 73.22% 73.87%
Brakna 76.82% 76.66% 76.49% 76.90%
Dakhlet Nouadhibou 69.64% 69.66% 69.42% 69.51%
Gorgol 77.37% 77.13% 77.36% 77.07%
Guidimagha 81.74% 81.70% 81.49% 81.40%
Hodh Ech Chargui 75.69% 75.87% 75.71% 76.86%
Hodh El Gharbi 77.23% 77.35% 77.19% 77.66%
Inchiri 61.24% 60.91% 77.19% 60.89%
Nouakchott-Nord 61.22% 61.29% 61.29% 61.10%
Nouakchott-Ouest 61.46% 61.19% 61.14% 60.88%
Nouakchott-Sud 66.83% 67.04% 66.76% 66.63%
Tagant 74.15% 73.91% 74.12% 74.39%
Tiris Zemmour 71.33% 71.18% 71.33% 71.21%
Trarza 67.58% 67.47% 67.53% 67.61%
Diaspora 62.49% 62.42% 62.52% 62.46%
Total 71.59% 71.53% 71.50% 71.71%

Turnout by district

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Results

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Further information: Results breakdown of the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election and 10th National Assembly of Mauritania

El Insaf secured a majority in the National Assembly and increased its national list vote percentage, in part due to the smaller number of parties contesting this election.[61] The party was forced into several runoffs and did not sweep into all constituencies elected through a general ticket as in 2018. The opposition saw a complete restructuring, with the left-wing UFP, the centre-left RFD and the APP, which represents Haratine interests, losing all of their seats in the National Assembly, with the left-leaning Hope Mauritania replaced them as the hegemonic left-wing opposition.[62]

PartyNational mixed listNational women's listNational youth listSeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsDistrictsTotal+/–
El Insaf342,15335.257329,35434.377333,39834.62489107+14
National Rally for Reform and Development99,43110.242103,36310.792103,05610.701611–3
Union for Democracy and Progress58,8236.06159,3976.20158,9836.121710+4
Sawab and allies39,8074.10138,5464.02138,4804.00125+2
Republican Front for Unity and Democracy and allies32,2963.33135,7223.73133,8473.51147New
National Democratic Alliance32,0273.30126,3122.75129,1433.03136+2
El Islah31,8773.28133,3143.48132,9463.42136+5
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change28,1242.90132,6603.41131,9883.32103+2
El Karama25,4372.62123,5922.46124,3182.52035–1
Nida El Watan24,2682.50125,0202.61125,3162.63035+5
Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal and allies21,1632.18119,5502.04119,6662.04024+3
Party of Conciliation and Prosperity20,2082.08120,0532.09118,5391.92013+2
Party of the Mauritanian Masses20,2062.08113,9011.45011,2181.16001+1
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal19,1101.97015,8801.66015,2911.590000
Union of the Forces of Progress17,3871.79016,3791.71015,7091.63000–3
El Vadila17,3031.78020,5892.15116,8501.75012+2
Party of Unity and Development16,1341.66015,6081.63018,9501.970000
Union for Planning and Building and allies15,0281.55016,5501.73025,0892.60011+1
Rally of Democratic Forces14,6481.51012,0401.26013,9371.45000–3
Burst of Youth for the Nation14,3451.48010,3741.08010,7281.11000–3
El Ravah13,8581.43013,8381.44016,2241.680000
People's Progressive Alliance12,1151.25013,1231.37012,5531.30000–3
National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations10,4201.07013,5321.41010,4371.080000
Party of Construction and Progress9,2810.96010,6281.1106,0520.630000
Centre through Action for Progress8,8130.91010,6991.12013,2941.38000New
Blank votes26,2912.71–28,1382.94–27,1202.82––––
Total970,553100.0020958,162100.0020963,132100.0011125176+19
Valid votes970,55375.88958,16274.98963,13275.41
Invalid/blank votes308,43324.12319,67325.02314,12824.59
Total votes1,278,986100.001,277,835100.001,277,260100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,786,44871.591,786,44871.531,786,44871.50
Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)[62]

National list results by wilaya

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Party AD AS BR DN GO GU HC HG IN NN NO NS TA TZ TR XM MRT
El Insaf 37.42% 33.59% 37.54% 23.41% 28.49% 29.25% 40.13% 30.02% 46.30% 28.41% 26.00% 37.87% 49.67% 30.17% 48.70% 20.04% 35.26%
Tewassoul 7.61% 17.13% 6.34% 7.93% 4.02% 6.18% 9.16% 13.33% 6.30% 16.32% 10.90% 14.26% 6.42% 10.71% 10.07% 20.25% 10.25%
UDP 2.32% 2.19% 4.08% 4.07% 15.54% 25.50% 10.35% 6.60% 8.02% 2.71% 2.74% 1.82% 3.60% 4.87% 0.90% 4.03% 6.06%
Sawab–RAG 1.96% 2.86% 1.88% 5.59% 3.75% 13.39% 1.55% 1.15% 2.72% 5.28% 3.98% 5.65% 0.88% 3.30% 4.86% 13.83% 4.10%
Hope MR 1.03% 0.79% 4.93% 4.77% 3.04% 1.55% 0.47% 0.77% 1.20% 3.84% 6.67% 8.02% 0.59% 8.73% 3.14% 5.50% 3.33%
AND 2.22% 2.79% 1.01% 2.91% 6.26% 6.51% 2.59% 0.87% 2.76% 7.08% 4.50% 1.78% 1.99% 1.63% 3.55% 1.58% 3.30%
El Islah 13.26% 3.34% 1.71% 2.17% 1.54% 0.48% 4.70% 5.34% 2.08% 2.80% 4.24% 2.15% 3.11% 10.71% 2.35% 2.65% 3.28%
HATEM 1.76% 3.37% 0.98% 3.03% 0.38% 0.35% 5.74% 11.79% 1.54% 2.18% 2.07% 3.41% 1.43% 3.01% 1.32% 1.49% 2.90%
El Karama 0.62% 0.46% 5.55% 13.07% 8.99% 0.96% 1.22% 1.35% 0.51% 0.94% 1.14% 1.67% 0.45% 0.37% 0.56% 1.05% 2.62%
NW 0.69% 8.03% 0.59% 0.73% 0.75% 0.24% 2.64% 7.00% 1.29% 1.32% 3.01% 1.31% 0.63% 1.12% 2.79% 1.35% 2.50%
AJD/MR+ 0.37% 0.23% 6.50% 5.71% 4.42% 0.61% 0.15% 0.15% 1.46% 0.89% 3.08% 3.26% 0.09% 2.00% 0.35% 9.88% 2.18%
HIWAR 6.48% 3.87% 3.44% 2.20% 1.76% 1.62% 3.10% 1.71% 1.85% 0.88% 0.60% 0.77% 0.88% 2.08% 1.41% 0.67% 2.08%
PMM 3.87% 1.54% 0.66% 1.29% 0.46% 0.56% 1.97% 3.65% 1.26% 2.41% 4.07% 1.39% 1.43% 3.43% 3.35% 1.23% 2.08%
PRDR 1.06% 5.70% 1.38% 2.38% 4.74% 0.18% 0.63% 1.93% 1.12% 1.97% 1.39% 0.94% 1.51% 0.94% 1.53% 1.10% 1.97%
UFP 1.79% 2.97% 1.76% 1.69% 3.18% 1.41% 0.93% 1.04% 1.38% 2.02% 2.31% 1.91% 2.90% 1.58% 0.86% 1.16% 1.79%
El Vadila 1.08% 2.13% 4.44% 0.81% 1.29% 2.37% 1.08% 2.27% 0.60% 1.82% 1.05% 0.99% 2.13% 1.53% 0.87% 1.81% 1.78%
PUD 1.32% 0.65% 4.26% 0.99% 1.15% 0.42% 0.79% 3.40% 0.62% 1.93% 2.73% 0.83% 2.37% 0.70% 0.51% 1.63% 1.66%
CED 2.47% 0.73% 0.54% 1.95% 0.30% 0.27% 0.96% 0.81% 1.55% 2.38% 5.36% 1.75% 2.05% 2.24% 1.71% 2.35% 1.55%
RFD 0.83% 0.61% 1.23% 3.68% 0.67% 0.14% 1.48% 0.90% 1.47% 2.89% 2.51% 1.09% 2.76% 1.09% 1.86% 3.23% 1.51%
PSJN 1.89% 1.39% 3.64% 1.31% 4.61% 0.43% 0.94% 0.46% 0.46% 1.33% 0.89% 0.62% 1.55% 0.82% 0.32% 0.38% 1.48%
El Ravah 2.94% 0.66% 0.98% 1.25% 0.36% 1.14% 1.28% 0.75% 1.00% 1.37% 1.51% 0.96% 10.04% 0.53% 1.54% 0.92% 1.43%
APP 1.27% 0.56% 1.95% 1.47% 0.85% 1.77% 1.01% 0.55% 0.46% 1.91% 0.98% 2.58% 1.07% 2.52% 0.72% 0.67% 1.25%
Ribat 1.45% 0.25% 0.41% 3.39% 0.31% 0.52% 0.91% 0.30% 10.62% 2.59% 2.39% 0.95% 0.57% 2.30% 0.45% 0.85% 1.07%
PCP 0.72% 1.38% 1.13% 0.88% 0.60% 0.23% 1.19% 1.37% 0.57% 1.64% 1.33% 0.86% 0.42% 0.50% 0.61% 0.52% 0.96%
CAP 0.33% 0.25% 0.23% 0.56% 0.45% 0.31% 0.25% 0.24% 0.30% 0.65% 1.18% 0.71% 0.19% 0.38% 3.75% 0.14% 0.91%
Blank votes 3.24% 2.53% 2.84% 2.76% 2.09% 3.61% 4.78% 2.25% 2.56% 2.44% 3.37% 2.45% 1.27% 2.74% 1.92% 1.69% 2.70%
Valid votes 81.73% 64.79% 79.47% 86.82% 76.72% 78.37% 51.47% 67.24% 85.86% 85.33% 85.43% 85.76% 77.95% 86.63% 86.10% 86.30% 75.88%
Null votes 18.27% 35.21% 20.53% 13.18% 23.28% 21.63% 48.53% 32.76% 14.14% 14.67% 14.57% 14.24% 22.05% 13.37% 13.90% 13.70% 24.12%
Turnout 71.27% 73.41% 76.82% 69.64% 77.37% 81.74% 75.69% 77.23% 61.24% 61.22% 61.46% 66.83% 74.15% 71.33% 67.58% 62.49% 71.59%
Abstentions 28.73% 26.59% 23.18% 30.36% 22.63% 18.26% 24.31% 22.77% 38.76% 38.78% 38.54% 33.17% 25.85% 28.67% 32.42% 37.51% 28.41%
Registered voters 53,331 164,442 180,078 66,423 135,491 91,826 198,099 152,255 19,789 120,387 141,914 119,367 55,836 28,182 236,739 22,289 1,786,448
Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)[62]

Results by electoral district

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Maps

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Aftermath

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Hope Mauritania endorsed the rest of opposition parties qualified in the runoff (Tewassoul, Sawab+, AJD/MR+).[63]

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani welcomed the results.[61]

Accusations of election fraud

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The opposition called for elections to be repeated in Nouakchott and Boutilimit due to "massive fraud", calling for nationwide protests on 25 May.[64][65] The opposition also announced their intention to form a committee to jointly file appeals on the election results and warned that the "current electoral crisis", if not dealt with wisely and quickly in a consultative framework, would turn into a political one.[66]

On the other side, parties belonging to the Coordination of Parties of the Majority, supportive of President Ghazouani, and other unaligned parties signed a petition demanding the immediate halt of the counting process and a complete repeat election nationwide due to the alleged "violations" the parties monitored and that "have characterized all the course of this process, from the first moments of the electoral census".[67]

Arrest of Biram Dah Abeid

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Leader of the Democratic Alternation Coalition and re-elected deputy for Sawab+ Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 24 May[68] after he declared that if the results of the elections are accepted, then "the free Mauritanians will carry weapons against the current regime" during a political rally the day before. He also said in his speech that he was "committed to peace" but that he "wouldn't lie to the Mauritanian people" and that "election fraud was the reason the army couped former president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya".[69]

The arrest was condemned by opposition parties RAG,[70] Sawab,[71] Hope Mauritania,[72] the Union of the Forces of Progress,[73] the Rally of Democratic Forces,[73] and the People's Progressive Alliance.[73]

A protest was held in front of the Security Department by members and supporters of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement, which Dah Abeid heads.[74] The protest saw the arrest of another elected deputy (Aminetou El Hacen Boughel, elected on the youth national list for Sawab+), Dah Abeid's wife and a number of activists and protestors.[75]

Sawab's leader and his deputy were allowed to visit Dah Abeid during his arrest in a police station in Dar Naïm, while his wife and his lawyesrs denounced that they weren't allowed to visit him.[76][77]

The spokesperson of the Mauritanian government justified Dah Abeid's arrest saying that his words "crossed a line" and that "no one is above the law, everyone is equal before the law, and the government's task is to apply the law equally to everyone".[78]

Biram Dah Abeid was released after two days of arrest on 26 May, with him returning to his house in Riyadh, Nouakchott. He declared after his release that he expected to be detained until after the 2024 presidential election as part of an operation to "prevent a peaceful transfer of power" and that his arrest was done to thwart or disrupt the opposition rally held on 25 May. He said that he would continue to "fight peacefully" but that he was not going to stop from "alerting Mauritanians of the risks facing the country".[79]

Election of the President of the National Assembly

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Further information: 10th National Assembly of Mauritania

The election of the President of the National Assembly took place on 19 June 2023. Mohamed Bemba Meguett was elected president in the first round.[80]

Candidate Party Votes obtained
Required majority → 89 out of 176
Mohamed Bemba Meguett El Insaf 137 checkY
Ahmedou Mohamed Mahfoudh M'Balla Tewassoul 27 ☒N
Abstentions 2
Null votes 3
Absentees 7

Deregistration of political parties

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Five political parties were legally deregistered on 19 October 2023 after failing to obtain 1% in two consecutive local elections.[81] The parties were:

Notes

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  1. ^ Six new departments were created in September 2021, which have led to an increase in seats representing them.[24][25]
  2. ^ [32][33]
  3. ^ Representatives of parties disbanded in 2018: El Ghad, UDN and El Wafah + ACD
  4. ^ RAG isn't legally recognised as a political party, and its MPs run with Sawab.
  5. ^ MP Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud, elected as member of the now disbanded Choura for Development.[35]
  6. ^ Representatives of parties disbanded in 2018: El Moustaghbel + PPPD
  7. ^ Denotes an official party leader.
  8. ^
    •   El Vadila (elected in coalition with Tewassoul) (1)
  9. ^
  10. ^
    •   CED (elected in coalition with El Vadila) (1)

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  29. ^ ""تواصل" يدعو الأحزاب للتنسيق في وجه الالتفاف على الاتفاق" ["Tewassoul" calls on the parties to coordinate in the face of circumvention of the [election reform] agreement]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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  31. ^ a b "فرق البرلمان الموريتاني تدعو لملاحقة إسرائيل وحماية الشعب الفلسطيني" [Mauritanian parliamentary groups call for the pursuit of Israel and the protection of the Palestinian people]. Al-Quds Al-Arabi (in Arabic). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  32. ^ "فريق الميزان يصوت على اختيار النائب محمد بوي عضوا في محكمة العدل السامية" [The Balance group votes to choose MP Mohamed Bouye as a member of the High Court of Justice]. Arriyada (in Arabic). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  33. ^ "تنافس داخل فريق الميزان البرلماني على عضو محكمة العدل رغم اتفاق حزبي" [A competition within the Balance parliametary group for the member of the Court of Justice despite a partisan agreement]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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  69. ^ "ولد اعبيدي: إذا اعتمدت انتخابات 13 مايو فسيحمل أحرار موريتانيا السلاح (فيديو)" [Ould Abeid: If the May 13 elections are adopted, the free of Mauritania will bear arms (video)]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  70. ^ "ولد يالي: بيرام الداه اعبيد لم يكن يوما يريد الفتنة" [Ould Yali: Biram Dah Abeid has never wanted conflict]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  71. ^ "حزب الصواب يدين "التوقيف الظالم" لولد اعبيدي ويطالب بإطلاق سراحه" [Sawab condemns the "unjust arrest" of Ould Abeid and demands his release]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  72. ^ ""أمل موريتانيا" يندد باعتقال ولد اعبيدي ويطالب بإطلاق سراحه" [Hope Mauritania denounces the arrest of Ould Abeid and demands his release]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  73. ^ a b c "المعارضة: اعتقال بيرام الداه اعبيد زيادة غير مسبوقة في حالة الاحتقان" [Opposition: Biram Dah Abeid's arrest is an unprecedented increase in congestion]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  74. ^ "أنصار "إيرا" يحتجون أمام إدارة الأمن عقب استدعاء بيرام الداه اعبيد (فيدبو)" [IRA supporters protest in front of the Security Department after Biram Dah Abeid was summoned (video)]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  75. ^ "الشرطة توقف زوجة ولد اعبيدي وعددا من أنصاره" [The police arrests the wife of Ould Abeid and a number of his supporters]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  76. ^ "قادة بحزب الصواب يلتقون رئيس (إيرا) بمركز شرطة في دار النعيم" [Leaders of the Sawab party meet the head of IRA at a police station in Dar Naïm]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  77. ^ "دفاع ولد اعبيدي: الأمن منعنا من لقاء موكلنا وهواتف النيابة مغلقة" [Ould Abedi's defense: Security prevented us from meeting our client, and the prosecutor's phones were closed]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  78. ^ "الحكومة: مهمتنا ضمان أمن المواطن في عموم البلاد ولا أحد فوق القانون" [Government: Our mission is to ensure the security of the citizen throughout the country and no one is above the law]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  79. ^ "إطلاق سراح النائب البرلماني بيرام الداه اعبيدي" [Deputy Biram Dah Abeid was released]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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