Mauritanian parliamentary election, 1992

Mauritanian parliamentary election, 1992

6 & 13 March 1992

All 79 seats to the National Assembly 40 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba Party DSRP RDU Last election new party new party Seats won 67 1 Seat change 67 1 Popular vote 301,349 32,841 Percentage 67.7 7.4 Swing 67.7 7.4

Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 6 March 1992, with a second round on 13 March. They were the first National Assembly elections after the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic and Social Republican Party, which won 67 of the 79 seats in the Assembly.^[1] Voter turnout was just 38.9%.^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic and Social Republican Party	301,349	67.7	67
	Rally for Democracy and Unity	32,841	7.4	1
	RDU-PAGN	5,090	1.1	0
	National Vanguard Party	4,504	1.0	0
	Mauritanian Party for Renewal	3,203	0.7	1
	Social and Democratic Popular Union	1,553	0.3	0
	Union for Planning and Construction	382	0.1	0
	Mauritanian Centre Democracy Party	357	0.1	0
	PMR-C-UPC	319	0.1	0
	Party of Work and National Unity	83	0.0	0
	Independents	95,644	21.5	10
Invalid/blank votes		10,912	–	–
Total		456,237	100	79
Registered voters/turnout		1,174,087	38.9	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p595 ISBN 0-19-829645-2