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Mauritanian Parliamentary Election, 2013
Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 23 November. The opposition has vowed to boycott the election unless the president steps down beforehand. A total of 1,096 candidates have registered to compete for the leadership of 218 local councils across Mauritania, whilst 438 candidates are contesting for the 146 parliamentary seats. Some 1.2 million Mauritanians were eligible to vote in the election. The first round results yielded a landslide victory for the ruling UPR winning 56 seats and their 14 coalition partners winning 34 seats. The Islamist Tewassoul party won 12 seats. The remaining seats were contested in a runoff on 21 December 2013. The UPR won the majority with 75 seats in the Assembly. Background The elections were originally set for 1 October 2011, then delayed several times to 16 October 2011, 31 March 2012, May 2012, October 2013 and November/December 2013, due to continuous disputes between the government and opposition parties. Contesting parties A tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Mauritania
The National Assembly ( ar, الجمعية الوطنية; french: Assemblée Nationale) is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 157 members, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide proportional lists. From 1961 until 1978, the only legal party in the country was the Mauritanian People's Party (french: Parti du Peuple Mauritanien, PPM). The legislature was disbanded after the 10 July 1978 coup. In 1992, a bicameral legislature was established, consisting the National Assembly and Senate of Mauritania. In the 1990s, a multiparty system was introduced in Mauritania. However, the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) dominated the parliament until a coup in 2005. After the 2008 military coup, the Union for the Republic has been the dominating force of the National Assembly until it was rebranded as the Equity Party (El Insaf) in 2022. On October 9, 2018 Cheikh Ahmed Baye was elected P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Vadila
El Vadila ( ar, حزب الفضيلة, Hizb El Vadila, Virtue Party) is an IslamistMatthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) ''Ethnic Party Bans in Africa'', Routledge, p34 political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly. History The party was officially registered in 2006. It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections. Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world * 2023 United Nations Security Council election * 2023 national electoral calendar * 2023 local elec .... References {{Mauritanian political parties Political parties in Mauritania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Islah
El Islah ( ar, ألإصلاح, , The Reform) is a political party in Mauritania led by Sidna Ould Maham. History The party joined the coalition supporting President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ( ar, محمد ولد عبد العزيز ''Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz''; born 20 December 1956) is a former Mauritanian politician who was the 8th List of heads of state of Mauritania, President of Mauritania, in of ... in March 2011.Strong participation by "El Islah" party in the legislative and municipal elections of 23 November RapideInfo, 13 November 2013 It won a single seat in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic People's Party (Mauritania)
The Democratic People's Party (french: Parti du Peuple Démocratique, PPD) is a minor political party in Mauritania. History The party won one seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections. IPU It failed to win a seat in the 2018 elections and did not contest the 2023 elections
The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world
* 2023 United Nations Security Council election
* 2023 national ele ...
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Mauritanian Party For Renewal
The Mauritanian Party for Renewal (french: Parti Mauritanien pour le Rénouveau, PMR) is a political party in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية .... History The PMR was established in 1991 after the country's status as a one-party state was lifted. Unlike many opposition parties, it did not boycott the 1992 parliamentary elections. Although it received only 0.7% of the vote, it won a single seat.Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database It lost its seat in the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritanian Popular Front
The Popular Front (''Front Populaire'') is a political party in Mauritania. The party was founded in 1998 based on a platform committed to the establishment of a civil state, access of all political parties to the media, the separation of the Mauritanian state and the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and the creation of a national unity government chaired by the opposition. The front was initially mainly distinguished by its policy of non-participation in elections under the Ould Taya government. Party leader Mohamed Lemine Ch'bih Ould Cheikh Melainine was arrested on 8 April 2001 along with two other party members, Mukhtar Ould Haibetna and Bouba Ould Hassan, on grounds of conspiracy to commit acts of sabotage and terrorism in Mauritania. The government alleged the trio to have been acting in collusion with the Libyan government of Muammar al-Gaddafi. The three were tried in a criminal court some 850 kilometers from Noukacho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Renovation
The Democratic Renovation (''Rénovation Démocratique'') is a political party in Mauritania. The party won 2 out of 95 seats in the 19 November and 3 December 2006 elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate .... Political parties in Mauritania {{Mauritania-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dignity And Action Party
The Dignity and Action Party (french: Parti Dignité et Action, PDA) is a minor political party in Mauritania. History The party won one seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections. IPU It failed to win a seat in the 2018 elections and did not contest the 2023 elections
The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world
* 2023 United Nations Security Council election
* 2023 national electoral ...
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Sawab (Mauritania)
Sawab ( ar, حزب الصواب, translation: ''Right Path''), is a small Ba'athist and Arab nationalist political party in Mauritania. The party was formed on 23 May 2004 by supporters of former Mauritanian Head of State Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah ( ar, محمد خونا ولد هيداله ''Muḥammad Khouna Wald Haidallah'') (born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation, CMSN) from 4 Janu ..., although the party denies any links with Haidalla. Most of the party's Ba'athists were formerly associated with the Iraqi dominated faction. Support for the party is mainly confined to a small Arab group. As of 2013 the party was led by Abdessalam Ould Horma, and was a member of the opposition Coalition for Pacific Alternation, along with People's Progressive Alliance and El-Wiam. References Official party sitesSawab Facebook Account Arab nationalism in Mauritania Ba' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Justice Party (Mauritania)
The Democratic Justice Party (french: Parti de la Justice Démocratique, PJD) is a political party in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية .... History The party won two seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections. IPU References Political parties in Mauritania {{Mauritania-party-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party For Democracy And Renewal
The Democratic Republican Party for Renewal (french: Parti Républicain Démocratique pour le Renouvellement - PRDR) is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (french: Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social, PRDS) the party changed its identity and adjusted its political stance after the 2005 coup. Formerly very supportive of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and his pro-Israeli policy, after the 2005 coup the party denounced Taya's policies and the mid-2006 Israeli military campaign in Lebanon. In the 2001 parliamentary elections the party won 64 out of 81 seats. Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, one of the bloc's members, was nominated as Prime Minister a few days after the 2005 coup. The PRDR won seven seats in the November–December 2006 parliamentary election and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections, 3 out of 56 seats. , the PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Moha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravah Party
The Ravah Party ( ar, حزب الرفاه) is a minor political party in Mauritania led by Mohamed Ould Vall. History The party won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections. IPU However, it lost its seat in the 2018 elections, and failed to win a seat in the 2023 elections
The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world
* 2023 United Nations Security Council election
* 2023 natio ...
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