Mauritania's ruling party tops election results

The interim results of the first round of the Mauritanian legislative, regional and municipal elections showed that the ruling party, the “Insaf Party,” was ahead of its competitors, winning 80 seats in the 176-seat parliament.

According to the results, announced by the Independent Electoral Commission today, Thursday, successively, 10 pro-government parties won 36 seats, while opposition parties won 24 seats in the new parliament.

And postponed the resolution of 36 seats in Parliament to the run-off, which will take place on Saturday, May 28.

Loyal and opposition parties questioned the integrity and transparency of the poll, and spoke of widespread fraud that began with widespread displacement by the ruling party of voters to vote in constituencies in which they are not registered or in which they were registered during the voter census, which affected the polling results in dozens of constituencies, and proxy voting and identification cards took place. Don’t go back to the people who voted for it.

And the parties called for canceling the count and re-voting in the constituencies where fraud occurred, including the capital, Nouakchott.

The Independent Elections Commission rejected its accusation of conducting non-transparent elections, and confirmed that the process was carried out according to the rules of transparent elections and that it had not received appeals until now.

It is expected from time to time that the Independent Electoral Commission announces the final, provisional results of the poll that took place last Saturday.

The number of seats in the Mauritanian parliament is 176, the ruling party won 80 of them in the first half, and 10 loyal parties won 36 seats, while the opposition parties won 24 seats, and the decision of 36 seats was postponed to the second half.

These are the first elections to be held under President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Al-Ghazwani since his election in 2019.