Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal

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The Democratic Republican Party for Renewal (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique pour le Renouvellement - PRDR) is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social, PRDS), the grouping has changed its identity and adjusted its political stance following the 2005 coup. Formerly supportive of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and his pro-Israeli stance, the party has since denounced Taya's policies and the mid-2006 Israeli military campaign in Lebanon.

In the parliamentary election held on 19 and 26 October 2001, the then-PRDS won 51.0% of the popular vote and 64 out of 81 seats. The elections were deemed neither free nor fair. Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, one of the bloc's members, was nominated as Prime Minister a few days after the 2005 coup.

The PRDR won seven seats in the November–December 2006 parliamentary election^[1] and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections, 3 out of 56 seats.

As of 2008, the PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by .^[2]

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1992	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya	345,583	62.7%	Elected Y
1997		801,190	90.9%	Elected Y
2003		438,915	67%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections[]

Election	Party leader	Votes		%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1992	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya	301,349		67.7%	67 / 79	67	1st	Supermajority government
1996		352,482		67.6%	70 / 79	3	1st	Supermajority government
2001		285,623		51.0%	64 / 81	6	1st	Supermajority government
2006					7 / 95	57	4th	Opposition
2013	Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall	27,619		4.6%	3 / 146	4	14th	Opposition
2018		National PR seats	5,533	0.79%	0 / 157	3	25th	Extra-parliamentary
		Women's seats	8,315	1.20%

Senate elections[]

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2007	231	6.46%	3 / 56	3	4th	Opposition

References[]

External links[]

• Official web site
• PRDR Condemns Israel

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