1992 Mauritanian presidential election

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1992 Mauritanian presidential election
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  1976 24 January 1992 1997  
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Nominee Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Ahmed Ould Daddah
Party PRDS UFD-EN
Popular vote345,583180,658
Percentage62.89%32.88%

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Results by wilaya

Taya:      40-50%      60-70%      70-80%      80%+

Contents

Daddah:      40-50%      50-60%

President before election

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
PRDS

Elected President

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
PRDS

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.9% of the vote. [1] Voter turnout was just 47.4%. [2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Democratic and Social Republican Party 345,58362.89
Ahmed Ould Daddah Union of Democratic Forces 180,65832.88
Mustafa Ould Salek Independent15,7352.86
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah Popular Social and Democratic Union7,5061.37
Total549,482100.00
Valid votes549,48297.98
Invalid/blank votes11,3142.02
Total votes560,796100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,183,89247.37
Source: Nohlen et al.

By wilaya

Wilaya Sid'Ahmed TayaDaddahSalekMah
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Adrar 17,18285.01,7878.81,0035.02281.1
Assaba 31,30473.29,01421.11,9484.65161.2
Brakna 30,24861.417,44335.41,0012.05561.1
Dakhlet Nouadhibou 17,09249.715,35644.71,3203.86061.8
Gorgol 16,17948.016,88850.03601.03481.0
Guidimaka 12,71346.913,60850.24411.63211.2
Hodh Ech Chargui 52,44085.65,2858.62,7714.57951.3
Hodh El Gharbi 54,34284.47,50711.71,9033.06181.0
Inchiri 2,92672.782320.41684.21092.7
Nouakchott 53,47947.155,20348.62,9232.62,0461.8
Tagant 18,08981.73,40715.44251.92331.1
Tiris Zemmour 7,50664.23,59830.84603.91271.1
Trarza 32,08349.530,73947.41,0121.61,0031.5
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p596 ISBN   0-19-829645-2