2001 Mauritanian parliamentary election

2001 Mauritanian parliamentary election

19 October 2001 (first round) 26 October 2001 (second round)
All 81 seats in the National Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.45% (2.39pp)
Party Leader Seats +/– PRDS Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 64 −6 AC Messaoud Ould Boulkheir 4 +3 RDU Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba 3 +2 UDP Naha Mint Mouknass 3 +3 RFD Ahmed Ould Daddah 3 +3 UFP Mohamed Ould Maouloud 3 +3 FP Med. Lemine Ch'bih O. Cheikh Melainine 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna PRDS Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna PRDS

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic and Social Republican Party			64
	Rally for Democracy and Unity			3
	Union for Democracy and Progress			3
	Rally of Democratic Forces			3
	Action for Change			4
	Union of the Forces of Progress			3
	Mauritanian Popular Front			1
Total				81
Total votes		560,045	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,028,630	54.45
Source: IPU