Parliamentary and municipal elections in Mauritania were held on November 19 (1st round) and December 3 (2nd round) 2006 . [1] [2] In the election, 95 deputies of the National Assembly and members of about 200 local councils were elected. [3]
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| Legislative Election in Mauritania (2006) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | |||
| November 19 and December 3 | |||
| The consignment | Al mithak | Union of Democratic Forces | |
| Seats received | 41 (41 ▲ ) | 15 (12 ▲ ) | |
| Past number of seats | - | 3 | |
Context
In the 2006 parliamentary elections, 28 political parties participated. Islamist parties were banned, but many Islamists were nominated as independent candidates.
Many of the approximately 600 non-partisan candidates represented in the elections formed the National Independent Movement. Many members of the movement were formerly members of the Democratic and Social Republican Party , which was ruling under President Mawuyya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya . [four]
Results
| The consignment | Seats after 1st round | Seats after 2nd round | Total places | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Mithak (moderate non-partisan Islamists) | 10 | 31 | 41 | ||||
| RFD-UFP | Movement of Democratic Forces ( Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques ) | 12 | 3 | fifteen | |||
| Union of Progressive Forces ( Union des Forces du Progrès ) | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| RFD-UFP | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Republican Party of Democracy and Renewal ( Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement ) | four | 3 | 7 | ||||
| APP-HATEM | People's progressive alliance ( Alliance populaire progressiste ) | four | one | 5 | |||
| Moorish Party of Unification and Change ( Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement -HATEM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| APP-HATEM | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Movement for Democracy and Unity ( Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et l'Unité ) | 2 | one | 3 | ||||
| Union for Democracy and Progress ( Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès ) | one | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Democratic Renewal ( Rénovation Démocratique ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Popular Front ( Front populaire ) | one | 0 | one | ||||
| Unionist Party of Democracy and Socialism ( Parti unioniste démocratique et socialiste ) | one | 0 | one | ||||
| National Association for Democracy, Freedom and Equality ( Rassemblement national pour la liberté, la démocratie et l'égalité ) | one | 0 | one | ||||
| Union of the Democratic Center ( Union du center démocratique ) | 0 | one | one | ||||
| Alternative | 0 | one | one | ||||
| Total | 43 | 52 | 95 | ||||
| Source: IPU | |||||||
Notes
- ↑ Election Guide, Mauritania .
- ↑ "Mauritania stages historic poll" , BBC News, November 19, 2006.
- ↑ "Opposition leads Mauritania race" , BBC News, November 23, 2006.
- ↑ IPU page on 2006 parliamentary election (French) .