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El Islah حزب الإصلاح Parti El Islah | |
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Leader | Mohamed Ould Talebna |
Registered | 4 August 2007 |
National affiliation | Coordination of Parties of the Majority |
Parliamentary group | Trust group |
National Assembly | 6 / 176 |
Regional councils | 15 / 285 |
Mayors | 10 / 238 |
El Islah (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح, romanized: ḥizb al-iṣlāḥ, lit. 'Reform Party') is a political party in Mauritania currently led by Mohamed Ould Talebna. As of 2023, the party has six seats in the National Assembly.[1]
The party was legally recognised on 4 August 2007 after having been rejected by the transitional junta due to it considering some of its leaders too close to the government of the deposed president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.[2]
The party joined the coalition supporting Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in March 2011.[3] It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[4] It retained its seat in the 2018 elections.
Several parties merged into El Islah in 2020:
In the 2023 parliamentary elections El Islah won six seats.[8]
Election | Leader | National list | Seats | +/– | Status | |
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Votes | % | |||||
2013 | Sidna Ould Maham | 3,885 | 0.66% | 1 / 146
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1 | Support |
2018 | Mohamed Ould Talebna | 5,334 | 0.76% | 1 / 157
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0 | Support |
2023 | 31,877 | 3.28% | 6 / 176
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5 | Support |