2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election

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All 176 seats in the National Assembly 89 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.59% (0.87pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– El Insaf Mohamed Melainine O. Eyih 35.25 107 +14 Tewassoul Hamadi Ould Sid'El Moctar 10.24 11 −3 UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 6.06 10 +4 Sawab–RAG Biram Dah Abeid 4.10 5 +2 Hope MR Collective leadership 3.33 7 +7 AND Yacoub Ould Moine 3.30 6 +2 El Islah Mohamed Ould Talebna 3.28 6 +5 HATEM Saleh Ould Hanenna 2.90 3 +3 El Karama Cheikhna Ould Hajbou 2.62 5 −1 NW Daoud Ould Ahmed Aicha 2.50 5 +5 AJD/MR+ Ibrahima Moctar Sarr 2.18 4 +3 HIWAR Valle Mint Mini 2.08 3 +2 PMM El Khalil Ould Ennahoui 2.08 1 +1 El Vadila Ethmane Ould Eboul Mealy 1.78 2 +2 CED Collective leadership 1.55 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Distribution of district and national lists seats Winner by wilaya (national list) Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Mohamed Ould Bilal El Insaf Mohamed Ould Bilal El Insaf

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 13 and 27 May 2023, alongside regional and local elections.^[1][2]

The elections were the first parliamentary elections held after the first peaceful transition of power in the country as a result of the 2019 presidential elections, in which Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was elected president after incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was not able to run due to the two-term constitutional limit.

Ruling El Insaf (Equity Party) managed to secure a majority in the National Assembly and increase its national list vote percentage, in part due to the smaller number of parties contesting this election. The party was forced into several runoffs and didn't sweep into all constituencies elected through a general ticket as in 2018. The opposition was completely restructured, with left-wing Union of the Forces of Progress, centre-left Rally of Democratic Forces and Haratine minority interests People's Progressive Alliance losing all of their seats in the National Assembly, with left-leaning Hope Mauritania replacing them as the hegemonic left-wing opposition.