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 39%.[2]
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All 79 seats in the National Assembly 40 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 38.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
editParty or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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Democratic and Social Republican Party | 301,349 | 67.67 | 67 | |||
RDU–PAGN | Rally for Democracy and Unity | 32,841 | 7.37 | 1 | ||
RDU–PAGN | 5,090 | 1.14 | 0 | |||
National Vanguard Party | 4,504 | 1.01 | 0 | |||
Total | 42,435 | 9.53 | 1 | |||
PMR–C–UPC | Mauritanian Party for Renewal | 3,203 | 0.72 | 1 | ||
Union for Planning and Construction | 382 | 0.09 | 0 | |||
Mauritanian Centre Democracy Party | 357 | 0.08 | 0 | |||
PMR–C–UPC | 319 | 0.07 | 0 | |||
Total | 4,261 | 0.96 | 1 | |||
Social and Democratic Popular Union | 1,553 | 0.35 | 0 | |||
Party of Work and National Unity | 83 | 0.02 | 0 | |||
Independents | 95,644 | 21.48 | 10 | |||
Total | 445,325 | 100.00 | 79 | |||
Valid votes | 445,325 | 97.61 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,912 | 2.39 | ||||
Total votes | 456,237 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,174,087 | 38.86 | ||||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
edit- ^ Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p595 ISBN 0-19-829645-2