Union for the Republic (Mauritania)
Union for the Republic الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية | |
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President | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine |
Vice President | [1] |
Founded | 2009[2] |
Headquarters | Nouakchott |
Ideology | Populism[citation needed] |
Political position | Centre[citation needed] |
National affiliation | |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
Seats in the National Assembly: | 97 / 157 |
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www.upr.mr | |
The Union for the Republic (UPR) (Arabic: الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية; French: Union pour la République) is a political party in Mauritania. The party was formed in 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military, to run for President of Mauritania. Aziz resigned as chairman of the party on 2 August 2009 after winning the presidential election, as the President of Mauritania cannot be a member of any party.[3] The party also won 13 of the 17 seats up for re-election to the Mauritanian Senate in 2009, giving the UPR control of a total of 38 of the 53 Senate seats.[4][5]
As a result of the 2018 parliamentary election, UPR has become the largest political party in Mauritania.[6]
Electoral history[]
Presidential Elections[]
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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2009 | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | 409,100 | 52.58% | Elected ![]() |
2014 | 577,995 | 81.89% | Elected ![]() | |
2019 | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | 483,312 | 52.01% | Elected ![]() |
National Assembly elections[]
Election | Party leader | PR seats | Women's seats | Constituency seats | Seats | +/– | Position | |||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | First round | Second round | |||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||||
2013 | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine | 127,580 | 21.34% | 138,651 | 24.74% | 299,605 | 39.21% | 124,656 | 55.11% |
75 / 146
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2018 | 136,809 | 19.47% |
97 / 157
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Leaders of the Union for the Republic[]
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, 5 May 2009 – 2 August 2009
- Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine, since 2009
References[]
- ^ http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2012/11/07/feature-04
- ^ "Q&A: Mauritania elections". 17 July 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Mauritania's president-elect resigns as party leader". People's Daily Online.
- ^ "MAURITANIA (Majlis Al-Chouyoukh)". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ "Mauritania" (PDF). U.S. Department of State.
- ^ "Mauritania's ruling party wins majority parliament". Washington Post.
External links[]
Categories:
- Political parties in Mauritania