Mauritanian parliamentary election, 1992
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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 | |
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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
- ↑ Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p595 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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