# Nouadhibou (National Assembly district)

Nouadhibou (Arabic: انواذيبو) is one of the 60 electoral districts represented in the National Assembly. The constituency currently elects 4 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Mauritanian moughataa of Nouadhibou. The electoral system uses the largest remainder method and a closed-list proportional representation, with no minimum threshold.

## Historic representation

Historic composition of the district :
| Key to parties  RFD  AC  APP  AJD/MR  El Karama  RD  RDU–PAGN  UPR  El Insaf  PRDS  Tewassoul |||
| Legislature | Election | Distribution |
| 4th | 1992 | 1 1 |
| 5th | 1996 | 1 1 |
| 6th | 2001 | 1 1 1 |
| 7th | 2006 | 1 1 1 |
| 8th | 2013 | 1 1 1 |
| 9th | 2018 | 1 1 1 1 |
| 10th | 2023 | 1 1 1 1 |

### List of deputies

| Legislature | Member | Party |
| 4th | Brahim Ould Bakar | PRDS |
| 4th | Koné Mahmoud | RDU–PAGN |
| 5th | Brahim Ould Bakar | PRDS |
| 5th | Chrif Ahmed Ould Moussa | AC |
| 6th | Cherif Ahmed Ould Mohamed Moussa | PRDS |
| 6th | Ousmane Moussa Thiam | AC |
| 6th | El Alem Ahmed Yacoub | RFD |
| 7th | El Ghassem Bellali Bellali | RD |
| 7th | Cheikh Ould Hamdi | RFD |
| 7th | Deddahi Ould Mohamed Salem | APP |
| 8th | El Ghassem Bellali Bellali | El Karama |
| 8th | Mohamed Cheik Ayé | UPR |
| 8th | Ousmane Moussa Thiam | AJD/MR |
| 9th | El Ghassem Bellali Bellali | El Karama |
| 9th | Mohamed Cheik Ayé | UPR |
| 9th | Ahmed Bezeid Mohamedene Matt | Tewassoul |
| 9th | Ousmane Moussa Thiam | AJD/MR |
| 10th | El Ghassem Bellali Bellali | El Karama |
| 10th | Mohamed Abdellahi El Mamy El Ghailany | El Insaf |
| 10th | Aziza Saleck Jiddou | Tewassoul |
| 10th | Ousmane Moussa Thiam | AJD/MR |

## Election results
### 2023

Parliamentary Election 2023: Nouadhibou :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | El Karama | 5,836 | 16.69 | 1 |
| | El Insaf | 5,817 | 16.63 | 1 |
| | National Rally for Reform and Development | 2,819 | 8.06 | 1 |
| | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 2,363 | 6.76 | 1 |
| | Democratic Alternation Pole (Sawab–RAG) | 2,012 | 5.75 | 0 |
| | Union of the Forces of Progress and Rally of Democratic Forces | 1,966 | 5.62 | 0 |
| | Hope Mauritania | 1,710 | 4.89 | 0 |
| | Union for Democracy and Progress | 1,449 | 4.14 | 0 |
| | Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal | 1,434 | 4.10 | 0 |
| | Mauritanian Party of Union and Change | 1,192 | 3.41 | 0 |
| | National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations | 1,169 | 3.34 | 0 |
| | El Islah | 920 | 2.63 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alliance | 911 | 2.61 | 0 |
| | Party of Conciliation and Prosperity | 872 | 2.49 | 0 |
| | Burst of Youth for the Nation | 842 | 2.41 | 0 |
| | El Ravah | 664 | 1.90 | 0 |
| | People's Progressive Alliance | 550 | 1.57 | 0 |
| | Party of Unity and Development | 334 | 0.96 | 0 |
| | State of Justice | 332 | 0.95 | 0 |
| | Party of Construction and Progress | 291 | 0.83 | 0 |
| | Centre through Action for Progress | 198 | 0.57 | 0 |
| | Party of the Mauritanian Masses | 149 | 0.43 | 0 |
| | El Vadila | 140 | 0.40 | 0 |
| | Nida El Watan | 120 | 0.34 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 879 | 2.51 | – |
| Total | Total | 34,969 | 100.00 | 4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,969 | 87.69 | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,907 | 12.31 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 39,876 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 55,754 | 71.52 | |
| Source: National Independent Election Commission |||||

### 2018

Parliamentary Election 2018: Nouadhibou :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | El Karama | 4,981 | 17.70 | 1 |
| | Union for the Republic | 4,325 | 15.37 | 1 |
| | National Rally for Reform and Development | 3,448 | 12.25 | 1 |
| | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 1,883 | 6.69 | 1 |
| | Rally of Democratic Forces | 1,775 | 6.31 | 0 |
| | People's Progressive Alliance | 1,188 | 4.22 | 0 |
| | Union of the Forces of Progress | 1,138 | 4.04 | 0 |
| | El Islah | 969 | 3.44 | 0 |
| | Union for Democracy and Progress | 900 | 3.20 | 0 |
| | Democratic Alternation Pole (Sawab–RAG) | 660 | 2.35 | 0 |
| | Party of Unity and Development | 552 | 1.96 | 0 |
| | El Ghad | 487 | 1.73 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alliance | 485 | 1.72 | 0 |
| | El Moustaqbel | 454 | 1.61 | 0 |
| | El Wiam | 447 | 1.59 | 0 |
| | Movement for Refoundation | 433 | 1.54 | 0 |
| | El Ravah | 347 | 1.23 | 0 |
| | Mauritanian Party for Reform and Equality | 344 | 1.22 | 0 |
| | National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations | 297 | 1.06 | 0 |
| | Vanguard of the Forces of Democratic Change | 244 | 0.87 | 0 |
| | Movement for Direct Democracy | 234 | 0.83 | 0 |
| | El Vadila | 231 | 0.82 | 0 |
| | Rally for Equality and Justice | 230 | 0.82 | 0 |
| | Burst of Youth for the Nation | 192 | 0.68 | 0 |
| | Democratic Alliance Party | 153 | 0.54 | 0 |
| | Party of the Mauritanian Masses | 143 | 0.51 | 0 |
| | New Generation Party | 137 | 0.49 | 0 |
| | Mauritanian Authenticity Party | 135 | 0.48 | 0 |
| | Party of Civilisation and Development | 131 | 0.47 | 0 |
| | Party of the Union of the Democratic Youth | 109 | 0.39 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Convergence | 90 | 0.32 | 0 |
| | Party of the Democratic People | 87 | 0.31 | 0 |
| | New Vision | 87 | 0.31 | 0 |
| | Rally for Freedom and Democracy | 75 | 0.27 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 752 | 2.67 | – |
| Total | Total | 28,143 | 100.00 | 4 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 28,143 | 82.28 | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6,059 | 17.72 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 34,202 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 50,807 | 67.32 | |
| Source: National Independent Election Commission |||||

### 2013

Parliamentary Election 2013: Nouadhibou :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | El Karama | 6,447 | 26.42 | 1 |
| | Union for the Republic | 4,429 | 18.15 | 1 |
| | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 3,087 | 12.65 | 1 |
| | National Rally for Reform and Development | 2,162 | 8.86 | 0 |
| | El Wiam | 1,598 | 6.55 | 0 |
| | People's Progressive Alliance | 3,002 | 12.30 | 0 |
| | Burst of Youth for the Nation | 606 | 2.48 | 0 |
| | Union for Democracy and Progress | 590 | 2.42 | 0 |
| | Mauritanian Hope Party | 311 | 1.27 | 0 |
| | Unitary Party for the Construction of Mauritania | 302 | 1.24 | 0 |
| | Movement for Direct Democracy | 290 | 1.19 | 0 |
| | Popular Front | 233 | 0.95 | 0 |
| | Democratic Concertation Party | 226 | 0.93 | 0 |
| | Sawab | 151 | 0.62 | 0 |
| | Democratic and Social Ribat Party | 132 | 0.54 | 0 |
| | Party of Civilisation and Development | 111 | 0.45 | 0 |
| | Party of Unity and Development | 111 | 0.45 | 0 |
| | Rally for Unity | 100 | 0.41 | 0 |
| | Dignity and Action Party | 96 | 0.39 | 0 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 50 | 0.20 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 368 | 1.51 | – |
| Total | Total | 24,402 | 100.00 | 3 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 24,402 | 80.78 | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,806 | 19.22 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 30,208 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 42,612 | 70.89 | |
| Source: National Independent Election Commission |||||