2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election

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All 95 seats in the National Assembly 48 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.42% (18.97pp)
Party Leader Seats +/– RFD Ahmed Ould Daddah 16 +13 UFP Mohamed Ould Maouloud 9 +6 PRDR Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall 7 −57 APP Messaoud Ould Boulkheir 6 +2 RDU Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba 3 0 UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 3 0 HATEM Saleh Ould Hanenna 3 New RD Moustapha Ould Abeiderrahmane 2 New Alternative Med. Yehdih O. El Moctar El Hassen 1 New RNLDE Sidi Med. Haidra O. Ahmed Salem 1 New FP Med. Lemine Ch'bih O. C. Melainine 1 0 PUDS Mahfoudh Ould El Azizi 1 +1 UCD Cheikh Sid'Ahmed Ould Baba 1 New Independents – 41 +41 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar PRDS Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 November 2006, with a second round on 3 December.^[1][2] At least 28 political parties competed for seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament. Islamist parties were banned, but many Islamists ran as independent candidates.^[3] 95 seats in the National Assembly were at stake in the election, along with over 200 local councils.^[3]

About 600 independent candidates ran in the election, many of whom were grouped into the National Rally of Independents (RNI). Many members of the RNI were formerly members of the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS), which had ruled the country under President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.^[4]