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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 and 26 October 2001. The result was a landslide victory for President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal, which took 64 of the 81 seats.
Previous elections since the reintroduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s has seen opposition boycotts due to accusations of the incumbent government rigging the results. However, a new computerised ID system was introduced before the 2001 elections, resulting in opposition parties contesting the elections. [1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Democratic and Social Republican Party | 64 | |||
| Rally for Democracy and Unity | 3 | |||
| Union for Democracy and Progress | 3 | |||
| Rally of Democratic Forces | 3 | |||
| Action for Change | 4 | |||
| Union of the Forces of Progress | 3 | |||
| Mauritanian Popular Front | 1 | |||
| Total | 81 | |||
| Total votes | 560,045 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,028,630 | 54.45 | ||
| Source: IPU | ||||
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