2019 Mauritanian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 22 June 2019, with a second round planned for 6 July if no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote.[1] The result was a first round victory for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani who won with 52 percent of the vote.[2][3] However, opposition rejected the results,[4] calling it "another army coup."[5] On 1 July 2019, Mauritania's constitutional council confirmed Ghazouani as president and rejected a challenge by opposition.[6]

2019 Mauritanian presidential election
22 June 2019
1,544,132 registered voters
50%+ votes needed to win
Turnout62.66% (6.2%)
 
Candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Biram Dah Abeid Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Party UPR Independent Independent
Popular vote 483,007 172,649 165,995
Percentage 52.00% 18.59% 17.87%
President before election

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
UPR

 Elected President

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
UPR

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With incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz not running, the elections were reported to be the first peaceful transfer of power since the country's independence from France in 1960.[7]

Candidates

Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Mohamed Ould GhazouaniUnion for the Republic483,00752.00
Biram Dah AbeidIndependent172,64918.59
Sidi Mohamed Ould BoubacarIndependent165,99517.87
Kane Hamidou BabaIndependent80,7778.70
Mohamed Ould MouloudRally of Democratic Forces22,6562.44
Mohamed Lemine al-Mourtaji al-WafiIndependent3,6880.40
Invalid/blank votes38,300–
Total967,072100
Registered voters/turnout1,544,13262.63
Source: AMI

References
  1. Mauritania to hold presidential election on June 22 African News, 18 June 2019
  2. Mauritania: Former General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins presidential election Deutsche Welle, 24 June 2019
  3. Mauritania's Ghazouani declared presidential vote winner Aljazeera, 24 June 2019
  4. Mauritanian opposition rejects Ghazouani election victory Africa Times, 25 June 2019
  5. ‘Historic’ Mauritanian elections contested by opposition The Arab Weekly, 29 June 2019
  6. Mauritania Constitutional Council Confirms Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as President, VOA, 1 July 2019
  7. Mauritania prepares for historic election as discontent simmers Reuters, 20 June 2019
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