1992 Mauritanian presidential election

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1992 Mauritanian presidential election

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

President before election

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Democratic and Social Republican Party

Elected President

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Democratic and Social Republican Party

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]

Results[]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaDemocratic and Social Republican Party345,58362.89
Ahmed Ould DaddahUnion of Democratic Forces180,65832.88
Mustafa Ould SalekIndependent15,7352.86
Popular Social and Democratic Union7,5061.37
Total549,482100.00
Valid votes549,48297.98
Invalid/blank votes11,3142.02
Total votes560,796100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,183,89247.37
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

  1. ^ Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p596 ISBN 0-19-829645-2


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