2013 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2013 Mauritanian parliamentary election

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All 146 seats in the National Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.90% (0.48pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– UPR M. Mahmoud Ould M. Lemine 21.34 75 New Tewassoul Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour 13.68 16 New APP Messaoud Ould Boulkheir 7.48 7 +2 PSJN Lalla Mint Cheriva 4.30 4 New El Wiam Boïdel Ould Houmeit 3.83 10 New UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 3.42 6 +3 AJD/MR Ibrahima Moctar Sarr 2.61 4 New El Karama Cheikhna Ould Hajbou 2.54 6 New El Vadila Ethmane Ould Eboul Mealy 2.32 3 New PUD Mohamed Baro 2.30 3 New PAM Med. Mahmoud O. El Gharachi 1.85 1 New PUDS Mahfoudh Ould El Azizi 1.60 1 0 El Ravah Mohamed Ould Vall 1.40 3 New PRDR Sidi Med. Ould Mohamed Vall 1.40 3 −4 PJD 1.39 1 New PDA El Hadrami Ould Ahmed 1.07 1 New PPD Cheikh Ahmed Ould Ebnou 0.66 1 New El Islah Sidna Ould Maham 0.66 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf Independent (UPR) Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf Independent (UPR)

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 23 November. The opposition has vowed to boycott the election unless the president steps down beforehand.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] The UPR won the majority with 75 seats in the Assembly.^[4]