Senate of Mauritania

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The Parliament (Barlamane/Parlement) has two chambers. The upper house is the Senate (Majlis al-Shuyukh/Sénat). The Senate has 56 members, 53 members elected for a six year term by municipal councillors with one third renewed every two years and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad.

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**Summary of the 21 January and 4 February 2007 **Senate of Mauritania** election results**
Parties	1st round			2nd round			Total
Parties	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total
Al-Mithaq (moderate Islamist independents)	2,258	63.14	23	1,081	69.79	11	34
Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) and allies	365	10.21	5	98	6.33	1	6
Rally of Democratic Forces–Union of Forces of Progress (RFD-UFP)				76	4.91	1	1
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement)	231	6.46	3				3
Union of Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès)	129	3.61	1	29	1.87	0	1
Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (Coalition des Forces de Changements)	83	2.32	3				3
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement/HATEM) and allies	31	0.87	1	103	6.65	2	3
Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) and allies	28	0.78	1				1
People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste) and allies	12	0.34	1				1
representatives of the diaspora							3
Total	3,137	100.0	38	1,387	100.0	15	56