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1992 Mauritanian presidential election

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1992 Mauritanian presidential election

← 1976 24 January 1992 1997 →
 
Nominee Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Ahmed Ould Daddah
Party PRDS UFD-EN
Popular vote 345,583 180,658
Percentage 62.89% 32.88%

Results by wilaya

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

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaDemocratic and Social Republican Party345,58362.89
Ahmed Ould DaddahUnion of Democratic Forces180,65832.88
Mustafa Ould SalekIndependent15,7352.86
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould MahPopular 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

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Wilaya Sid'Ahmed Taya Daddah Salek Mah
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adrar 17,182 85.0 1,787 8.8 1,003 5.0 228 1.1
Assaba 31,304 73.2 9,014 21.1 1,948 4.6 516 1.2
Brakna 30,248 61.4 17,443 35.4 1,001 2.0 556 1.1
Dakhlet Nouadhibou 17,092 49.7 15,356 44.7 1,320 3.8 606 1.8
Gorgol 16,179 48.0 16,888 50.0 360 1.0 348 1.0
Guidimaka 12,713 46.9 13,608 50.2 441 1.6 321 1.2
Hodh Ech Chargui 52,440 85.6 5,285 8.6 2,771 4.5 795 1.3
Hodh El Gharbi 54,342 84.4 7,507 11.7 1,903 3.0 618 1.0
Inchiri 2,926 72.7 823 20.4 168 4.2 109 2.7
Nouakchott 53,479 47.1 55,203 48.6 2,923 2.6 2,046 1.8
Tagant 18,089 81.7 3,407 15.4 425 1.9 233 1.1
Tiris Zemmour 7,506 64.2 3,598 30.8 460 3.9 127 1.1
Trarza 32,083 49.5 30,739 47.4 1,012 1.6 1,003 1.5
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  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