Mauritania

National Assembly

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s)
23 Nov 2013 to 21 Dec 2013
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature
No information available
Timing of election
Delayed elections
Number of seats at stake
147
Scope of elections
Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election
64

Notes: Number of parties contesting the election: 64 parties (438 lists)

Total number of candidates
-

Notes: Number of candidates: About 1,500

The number of women candidates is not available from authoritative sources.
Yes

Voter turnout

Registered voters
1,189,105
Voters
898,100
Voter turnout
75.5%

Results

About the election

The Union for the Republic (UPR, the party of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz) and its allies won 110 seats in the enlarged 147-member National Assembly (up from 95). 20 seats are reserved for women. Opposition forces took a total of 37 seats. The National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawassoul), an Islamist party associated with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, became the second largest force, taking 16 seats. El-Wiam, a new party close to former President Maaouiya Ould Taya (ousted by a coup in 2005), took 10 seats. The People's Progressive Alliance (APP) led by outgoing Speaker of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir took nine seats.

The 2013 elections, which had been due by 2011, were held under the supervision of the national election commission. The commission comprised an equal number of members from the presidential camp and moderate opposition parties that were part of the Coalition for a Peaceful Alternance (CAP ), which had signed an agreement with the Government in August 2011.

Ten out of 11 parties in a rival opposition body – the Coordination of Democratic Opposition (COD) – boycotted the elections, criticizing a lack of transparency in the electoral process.

The UPR ran on the government's record, arguing that nearly 100 per cent of President Aziz's first-term electoral program had been implemented. Tawassoul leader Mohamed Jamil Ould Mansour Tewassoul argued that participation in the elections was a form of "struggle against the dictatorship" of President Aziz.

Number of parties winning seats
18
Percentage of parties winning seats
28.1%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition
10.9%
Alternation of power after elections
No
Names of parties in government
Union for the Republic party (UPR)

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group Total
Union for the Republic Party (UPR) 6
National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawassoul) 16
El WIAM party 10
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) 7
El Karam Party 6
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) 6
Burst of Youth for the Nation (SURSAUT) 4
Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal (AJD/MR) 4
Ravah Party 3
Unity and Development Party (PUD) 3
EL VADILA Party 3
Democratic Justice Party (PJD) 2
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR) 2
El Islah Party 1
Mauritanian Autheticity Party 1
Dignity and Action Party (PDA) 1
Social-Democratic Unionist Party (PUDS) 1
Democratic People's Party (PPD) 1
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
110
Number of women elected
37
Percentage of women elected
25.2%
Women Directly Elected
37
Other notes on the elections

Note on the election dates:

Due to the delay of the publication of the first round results, the election commission postponed the second round of voting from 7 to 21 December.

Sources

National Assembly (06.02.2014, 09.02.2014)

Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante

Agence Mauritanienne d'Information

New legislature

Total number of men after the election
110
Total number of women after the election
37
Percentage of women after the election
25.2%
First-term parliamentarians
No information available
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians
No information available
Date of the first session
27 Jan 2014

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature
Mohamed Ould Boilil (Male)
Date of birth: 1951
Political party
Union for the Republic Party (UPR)
Date of election
29 Jan 2014

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No