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Local elections were held in Mauritania on 13 May 2023, alongside parliamentary and regional elections. [2] [3]
The elections were the first local 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.
On 26 September 2022 an agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralisation and all political parties registered in Mauritania was reached in order 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. [4] [5]
On 8 May 2023 the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court suspended the local elections in the R'Kiz Department of the Trarza Region due to unclear municipal border delimitations, with the election being "suspended in these municipalities until an organizational text is issued that enables the residents of these villages to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed electoral right by demarcating them within the borders of one of the county’s municipalities". [1]
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. [5]
In this election, local councils will be elected in a single round using proportional representation through the largest remainder method, with no threshold being applied. The head of the list that gets the most votes will automatically become mayor. [5] [6]
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 176 members, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide proportional lists.
The 2011–2012 Mauritanian protests were a series of protests in Mauritania that started in January 2011, influenced by and concurrent with the Arab Spring, and continued into 2012. The mostly peaceful protest movement demanded that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz institute political, economic, and legal reforms. Common themes of protest centered around civil-military relations, slavery, other human rights abuses the opposition accused the government of perpetrating, and economic issues.
The National Rally for Reform and Development, often known by its shortened Arabic name Tewassoul or by the abbreviation of its French name (RNRD), is an Islamist political party in Mauritania. The party is associated with the Mauritanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Union for the Republic was a political party in Mauritania. The party was formed in 5 May 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military, to run for President of Mauritania. Aziz resigned as chairman of the party on 2 August 2009 after winning the presidential election, as the President of Mauritania cannot be a member of any party. The party also won 13 of the 17 seats up for re-election to the Mauritanian Senate in 2009, giving the UPR control of a total of 38 of the 53 Senate seats.
The next Mauritanian parliamentary election will be held by 2028 to elect the 176 seats of the 11th National Assembly of Mauritania.
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani, also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian retired army general and politician who has served as the 9th president of Mauritania since 2019. He has served as chairperson of the African Union since February 2024.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 13 and 27 May 2023, alongside regional and local elections.
Mauritania is divided into several electoral districts for the election of deputies to the National Assembly, based on the departments of the country, with the exception of the capital city of Nouakchott, where the electoral districts are based on the three regions the city is divided in.
Presidential elections are expected to be held in Mauritania on 29 June 2024.
The State of Justice Coalition is a coalition of several political movements in Mauritania with the intention of running in the upcoming 2023 parliamentary, regional and local elections.
The Nouakchott tramway, also known as the Nouakchott Train, is a planned tramway system in the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.
The 2023 Nouakchott prison break was the result of a prison riot in the Nouakchott Civil Prison, the central prison of Mauritania. Four AQMI members managed to escape from the Nouakchott civil prison, leading to Nouakchott enter a high-alert situation for the next days.
Regional elections were held in Mauritania on 13 May 2023, alongside parliamentary and local elections.
Regional elections were held on 13 May 2023 to elect the 37 members of the Regional Council of Nouakchott, as part of the 2023 Mauritanian regional elections.
This is the results breakdown of the parliamentary elections held in Mauritania on 13 and 27 May 2023. The following tables will show detailed results in all of the electoral districts of the country.
A regional council is the elected assembly of a region of Mauritania.
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 Regional Council of Nouakchott is the elected assembly of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.
The third government of Mohamed Ould Bilal is the incumbent 18th government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in office since 4 July 2023. It is a coalition between El Insaf and the Union for Democracy and Progress, whose leader Naha Mint Mouknass is the only member representing the party.
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