Union for the Republic (Mauritania)

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Union for the Republic
الإتحاد من أجل الجمهورية
PresidentMohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine
Vice President[1]
Founded2009[2]
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyPopulism[citation needed]
Political positionCentre[citation needed]
National affiliation
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Seats in the National Assembly:
97 / 157
Website
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
2009 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz 409,100 52.58% Elected Green tickY
2014 577,995 81.89% Elected Green tickY
2019 Mohamed Ould Ghazouani 483,312 52.01% Elected Green tickY

National Assembly elections[]

Election Party leader PR seats Women's seats Constituency seats Seats +/– Position
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
 Increase 75 Increase 1st
2018 136,809 19.47%
97 / 157
 Increase 22 Steady 1st

Leaders of the Union for the Republic[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2012/11/07/feature-04
  2. ^ "Q&A: Mauritania elections". 17 July 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Mauritania's president-elect resigns as party leader". People's Daily Online.
  4. ^ "MAURITANIA (Majlis Al-Chouyoukh)". Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mauritania" (PDF). U.S. Department of State.
  6. ^ "Mauritania's ruling party wins majority parliament". Washington Post.

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