1992 Mauritanian presidential election

1992 Mauritanian presidential election

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Nominee Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Ahmed Ould Daddah Party PRDS UFD-EN Popular vote 345,583 180,658 Percentage 62.89% 32.88%

Results by wilaya

President before election Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya PRDS Elected President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya PRDS

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Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.9% of the vote.^[1] Voter turnout was just 47.4%.^[2]