2019 Mauritanian presidential election

2019 Mauritanian presidential election

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Turnout62.63% (Increase6.17pp)
 
Candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Biram Dah Abeid
Party UPR RAG
Alliance Presidential majority Sawab+
Popular vote 483,007 172,649
Percentage 52.00% 18.59%

 
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Candidate Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Kane Hamidou Baba
Party Independent MPR
Alliance CVE
Popular vote 165,995 80,777
Percentage 17.87% 8.70%

Results by wilaya and moughataa

President before election

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
UPR

President-elect

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
UPR

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 22 June 2019, with a second round planned for 6 July if no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote.[1] The result was a first round victory for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani who won with 52 percent of the vote.[2][3] However, opposition rejected the results,[4] calling it "another army coup."[5] On 1 July 2019, Mauritania's constitutional council confirmed Ghazouani as president and rejected a challenge by the opposition.[6]

With incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz not running, the elections were reported to be the first peaceful transfer of power since the country's independence from France in 1960.[7]


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