2023 Nouakchott regional election

Regional elections were held on 13 May 2023 to elect the 37 members of the Regional Council of Nouakchott, as part of the 2023 Mauritanian regional elections.

2023 Nouakchott regional election
Mauritania
13 May 2023 (2023-05-13)
All 37 seats in the Regional Council of Nouakchott
19 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
El Insaf Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick 35.41 13 -6
Tewassoul El Hacen Ould Ileh 18.66 7 +1
Hope MR Abderrahmane Ould Ehdaye 6.01 2 +2
Sawab+ Ahmed Salem O. Ahmed Dekle 4.78 2 +2
AND Ahmed Ould Salihine 4.42 2 +2
El Islah Ahmed Ould Cheikh Sidiya 2.89 1 +1
UPC+ Ghary Ould Amah 2.85 1 +1
AJD/MR+ Mamoudou Jaffar Ball 2.47 1 +1
UDP Abderrahmane Ould Babah 2.02 1 +1
Ribat Sidi Ould Eilal 2.02 1 +1
UFP Mohamed Mahmoud O. Moude 1.93 1 -2
RFD Cheikhany Ould S'Neid Oumou 1.74 1 +1
APP Taleb Ould Mohamed El Abd 1.65 1 +1
PUD Cheikh Bouye O. Taghiyou Ellah 1.61 1 +1
El Karama M. El Moctar O. El Moctar Salem 1.53 1 +1
HATEM Mohamed Ahmed Ould Khaye 1.42 1 -1
President of the Regional Council before President of the Regional Council after
Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick
El Insaf		 Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick
El Insaf

Background

Regional councils were first elected in Mauritania in 2018 following a 2017 constitutional referendum that abolished the Senate, replacing it with regional councils in every wilaya and a single one for the city of Nouakchott.

Those first 2018 regional elections led to the ruling party Union for the Republic (which rebranded as El Insaf in July 2022) to barely take control of the Nouakchott's Regional Council. Ex-mayor of Tevragh-Zeina Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, running for the UPR, won a narrow majority on the second round against Mohamed Jamil Ould Mansour, the opposition-backed candidate and previous leader of the Islamist Tewassoul party.

On 26 September 2022 an agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralisation and all political parties registered in Mauritania was reached in order to renew the Independent National Electoral Commission and hold the elections in the first semester of 2023, with parties justifying it due to climatic and logistical conditions.[1][2]

Mint Abdel Malick was presented as candidate for re-election by El Insaf on 20 March 2023 together with the rest of candidates to head the regional councils of the country.[3]

Election system

On 26 September 2022 all Mauritanian political parties reached an agreement sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralisation to reform the election system ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of meetings between all parties.[2]

In this election, regional councils will be elected in a single round using proportional representation through the largest remainder method, with no threshold being applied. The head of the list that gets the most votes will automatically become president of the regional council.[2][4]

Results
Party Votes  % Seats ±
El Insaf 72,217 35.41% 13 -6
National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) 38,059 18.66% 7 n/a
Republican Front for Unity and Democracy and allies (Hope Mauritania) 12,247 6.01% 2 New
Sawab and allies (Sawab+) 9,741 4.78% 2 +2
National Democratic Alliance (AND) 9,016 4.42% 2 n/a
El Islah 5,904 2.89% 1 +1
Union for Planning and Building and allies (State of Justice) 5,803 2.85% 1 New
Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal and allies (AJD/MR+) 5,043 2.47% 1 +1
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) 4,684 2.02% 1 +1
National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations (Ribat) 4,118 2.02% 1 n/a
Union of the Forces of Progress (UFP) 3,926 1.93% 1 n/a
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) 3,551 1.74% 1 +1
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) 3,372 1.65% 1 n/a
Party of Unity and Development (PUD) 3,286 1.61% 1 New
El Karama 3,112 1.53% 1 +1
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) 2,906 1.42% 1 n/a
Party of the Mauritanian Masses (PMM) 2,747 1.35% 0 =
El Ravah 2,482 1.22% 0 New
Party of Construction and Progress (PCP) 2,180 1.07% 0 =
El Vadila 1,829 0.90% 0 =
Centre through Action for Progress (CAP) 1,588 0.78% 0 New
Blank votes 6,133 3.27%
Valid votes 203,944 85.15%
Null votes 35,570 14.85%
Seats 37 =
Turnout 239,514 62.75%
Abstentions 142,54 37.25%
Registered voters 381,668
Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)[5]

See also

References
  1. "لظروف مناخية ولوجستية.. اتفاق في موريتانيا على تقديم مواعيد الانتخابات" [Due to climatic and logistical conditions, an agreement was reached in Mauritania to advance the election dates]. Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 18 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. "نص الاتفاق النهائي بين وزارة الداخلية والأحزاب السياسية" [The text of the final agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and political parties]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. "الحزب الحاكم يجدد ترشيح أكثر من نصف رؤساء المجالس الجهوية" [The ruling party renews the nomination of more than half of the heads of regional councils]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 20 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. Saleh, Tidjani (11 October 2022). "Mauritania: New Election, New System". Africa Elects. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. "My CENI". myceni.org (in Arabic and French). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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