Senate (Mauritania)
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The Parliament (Barlamane/Parlement) has two chambers. The upper house is the Senate (Majlis al-Shuyukh/Sénat). The Senate has 56 members, 53 members elected for a six-year term by municipal councillors with one third renewed every two years and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad.
Latest election
| Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Al-Mithaq (moderate Islamist independents) | 2,258 | 63.14 | 23 | 1,081 | 69.79 | 11 | 34 | |
| Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) and allies | 365 | 10.21 | 5 | 98 | 6.33 | 1 | 6 | |
| Rally of Democratic Forces–Union of Forces of Progress (RFD-UFP) | 76 | 4.91 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement) | 231 | 6.46 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Union of Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès) | 129 | 3.61 | 1 | 29 | 1.87 | 0 | 1 | |
| Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (Coalition des Forces de Changements) | 83 | 2.32 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement/HATEM) and allies | 31 | 0.87 | 1 | 103 | 6.65 | 2 | 3 | |
| Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) and allies | 28 | 0.78 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| People's Progressive Alliance (Alliance populaire progressiste) and allies | 12 | 0.34 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| representatives of the diaspora | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 3,137 | 100.0 | 38 | 1,387 | 100.0 | 15 | 56 | |
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