2018 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2018 Mauritanian parliamentary election

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All 157 seats in the National Assembly 79 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.46% (1.44pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UPR M. Mahmoud O. M. Lemine 19.47 93 +18 Tewassoul Mohamed Jemil O. Mansour 11.28 14 −2 UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 4.34 6 0 El Karama Cheikhna Ould Hajbou 3.52 6 0 AND Yacoub Ould Moine 3.15 4 New UFP Mohamed Ould Maouloud 2.80 3 New RFD Ahmed Ould Daddah 2.74 3 New Choura Med. Lemine O. Sidi Maouloud 2.19 3 +3 PUCM Hamadi O. Khatary O. Hamadi 2.00 4 +4 APP Messaoud Ould Boulkheir 1.84 3 −4 Sawab–RAG Biram Dah Abeid 1.75 3 +3 PSJN Lalla Mint Cheriva 1.60 3 −1 ADIL Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef 1.40 2 New El Wiam Boïdel Ould Houmeit 1.31 2 −8 HIWAR Valle Mint Mini 1.12 1 New AJD/MR Ibrahima Moctar Sarr 1.01 1 −3 UDN Aly Ould Abass 0.80 1 +1 El Islah Mohamed Ould Talebna 0.76 1 0 AFCD Outouma Soumaré 0.67 1 New El Ghad Sid'Ahmed Ould Hamadi 0.60 1 New CMP Brahim Ould Abdellahi 0.52 1 +1 PPPD Mohamed Ould Tomy 0.48 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seat map per constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Yahya Ould Hademine Independent (UPR) Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir UPR

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania in September 2018; the first round took place on 1 September,^[1] with a second round held on 15 September. At the national level, elections were held in 157 constituencies, each electing one member to the National Assembly. Elections were also held in 13 regional councils and 219 municipalities.^[2]

As a result of the election, Union for Republic (UPR) remained the single largest party at the national level both in terms of popular vote and seats.^[2]