Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Mauritania
Institutions
   President  Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani 0 24 +34.02%
  Government  Mokhtar Ould Diay 0 24 A +100.00%
  National Assembly  Equity Party 0 23 +54.24%
Regions
 Adrar    60,800
 Assaba    405,400
 Brakna    334,800
 Dakhlet Nouadhibou    157,800
 Gorgol    388,500
 Guidimaka    330,700
 Hodh ech Chargui    541,100
 Hodh el Gharbi    340,600
 Inchiri    27,000
 Nouakchott    1,324,700
 Nouakchott-Nord     
 Nouakchott-Ouest     
 Nouakchott-Sud     
 Tagant    86,000
 Tiris Zemmour    58,300
 Trarza    316,500
Referenda
 Referenda     


Neighbors
Algeria  
Mali  
Senegal  
Western Sahara  
Oceans / Seas / Gulfs
North Atlantic Ocean  

Country DETAILS
Parents  
Established November 28, 1960
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedRP September 11, 2017 06:26pm
Description Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Opposition parties were legalized and a new constitution approved in 1991. Two multiparty presidential elections since then were widely seen as flawed, but October 2001 legislative and municipal elections were generally free and open. Mauritania remains, in reality, a one-party state. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions between its black minority population and the dominant Maur (Arab-Berber) populace.

INFORMATION LINKS

VOTER REGISTRATION

DEMOGRAPHIC
Population
Demographic Amount % As Of Contributor
Population 4,372,000 100.00% Jul 01, 2022 Juan Croniqueur

MEDIA
Picked Up
Newspaper Honolulu Advertiser 
Newspaper Honolulu Star-Bulletin 
 

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor
Mar 31, 2012 08:00pm Mar 31, 2012 08:00pm General Election Mauritania Parliamentary Elections  411 Name Removed 
Jun 22, 2024 02:00am Jun 22, 2024 02:00pm Presidential Election Mauritanian Presidential Election  Bojicat 

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 29, 2018 11:00am Legal Ruling Mauritania failing to tackle pervasive slavery, says African Union  Article IndyGeorgia 
Dec 21, 2008 04:00am News Mauritania frees deposed leader   Article Jason 
Aug 03, 2005 10:00am News Soldiers in Mauritania stage coup  Article Ben 
Nov 14, 2003 12:00am Amusing Mauritania looks to export camel cheese  Article RP 
Nov 10, 2003 12:00am News Charges for Mauritania candidate  Article 411 Name Removed 

DISCUSSION
[View All
2
Previous Messages]