Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2001

19 October (first round)
26 October (second round)

All 81 seats to the National Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya	Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba
Party	PRDS	RDU
Last election	70 seats, 67.6%	1 seat, 1.4%
Seats before	70	1
Seats won	64	3
Seat change	6	2
Percentage	51	9.6
Swing	16.6	8.2

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 and 26 October, 2001. The result was a landslide victory for President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal, which took 64 of the 81 seats.

Background

Previous elections since the reintroduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s has seen opposition boycotts due to accusations of the incumbent government rigging the results. However, a new computerised ID system was introduced before the 2001 elections, resulting in opposition parties contesting the elections.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic and Social Republican Party	285,623	51.0	64
Rally for Democracy and Unity	53,764	9.6	3
Union for Democracy and Progress	45,364	8.1	3
Rally of Democratic Forces	31,363	5.6	3
Action for Change	30,802	5.5	4
Union of Progress Forces			3
People's Front			1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	560,045	100	81
Registered voters/turnout	1,028,630	54.5	–
Source: IPU

References

↑ Elections held in 2001 IPU

Elections and referendums in Mauritania

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Referendums	1945 1946 (May) 1946 (Oct) 1958 1991 2006

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