2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election

Elections happened in Mauritania on 13 May 2023 and 27 May 2023. These elections happened to pick who was in the parliament. Elections for the leaders of municipalities and provinces happened too.

These were the first parliamentary elections after the 2019 presidential election. That election was the first time the president of Mauritania changed without a coup happening.

## Behavior

CENI said while looking at the votes that it saw that someone messed with them in the El Mina department of Nouakchott. Some votes were moved from the null and neutral cards to one of the candidates. They said that they fixed it. Judicial procedures had happened after a candidate said that they did not like the results.

### Overall

|width="700" rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party|colspan="4"|National PR list|colspan="3"|Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="8"||||||||||||
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Insaf|342,153|35.26%|7|style="color:green;"|+3|**107**|style="color:green;"|+14|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul)|99,475|10.25%|2|style="color:red;"|-1|**11**|style="color:red;"|-3|
|width="1" style="background:#0FAF05;"||style="text-align:left;"|Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP)|58,823|6.06%|1|=|**10**|style="color:green;"|+4||
|width="1" style="background:#F0C832;"||style="text-align:left;"|Sawab and allies (Sawab+)|39,807|4.10%|1|=|**5**|style="color:green;"|+2||
|width="1" style="background:#3080B7;"||style="text-align:left;"|Republican Front for Unity and Democracy and allies (Hope Mauritania)|32,315|3.33%|1|_New_|**7**|_New_|||
|width="1" style="background:#0AA450;"||style="text-align:left;"|National Democratic Alliance (AND)|31,987|3.30%|1|=|**6**|style="color:green;"|+2||
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Islah|31,854|3.28%|1|style="color:green;"|+1|**6**|style="color:green;"|+5|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM)|28,124|2.90%|1|style="color:green;"|+1|**3**|style="color:green;"|+2|
|width="1" style="background:#4FCB68;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Karama|25,437|2.62%|1|=|**5**|style="color:red;"|-1||
|width="1" style="background:#C96A2F;"||style="text-align:left;"|Nida El Watan|24,268|2.50%|1|style="color:green;"|+1|**5**|style="color:green;"|+5|
|width="1" style="background:#F8C3A0;"||style="text-align:left;"|Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal and allies (AJD/MR+)|21,163|2.18%|1|style="color:green;"|+1|**4**|style="color:green;"|+3|
|width="1" style="background:#A47A7E;"||style="text-align:left;"|Party of Conciliation and Prosperity (HIWAR)|20,206|2.08%|1|=|**3**|style="color:green;"|+2||
|width="1" style="background:#00A1D7;"||style="text-align:left;"|Party of the Mauritanian Masses (PMM)|20,187|2.08%|1|style="color:green;"|+1|**1**|style="color:green;"|+1|
|width="1" style="background:#0198E2;"||style="text-align:left;"|Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR)|19,110|1.97%|0|=|0|=|||
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|Union of the Forces of Progress (UFP)|17,387|1.79%|0|style="color:red;"|-1|0|style="color:red;"|-3|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Vadila|17,301|1.78%|0|=|**2**|style="color:green;"|+2||
|width="1" style="background:#FAFA75;"||style="text-align:left;"|Party of Unity and Development (PUD)|16,129|1.66%|0|=|0|=|||
|width="1" style="background:#666666;"||style="text-align:left;"|Union for Planning and Building and allies (State of Justice)|15,028|1.55%|0|=|**1**|style="color:green;"|+1||
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD)|14,652|1.51%|0|style="color:red;"|-1|0|style="color:red;"|-3|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|Burst of Youth for the Nation (PSJN)|14,345|1.48%|0|style="color:red;"|-1|0|style="color:red;"|-3|
|width="1" style="background:#E7EB16;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Ravah|13,858|1.43%|0|=|0|=|||
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|People's Progressive Alliance (APP)|12,115|1.25%|0|style="color:red;"|-1|0|style="color:red;"|-3|
|width="1" style="background:#B7752C;"||style="text-align:left;"|National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations (Ribat)|10,418|1.07%|0|=|0|=|||
|width="1" style="background:#433A16;"||style="text-align:left;"|Party of Construction and Progress (PCP)|9,293|0.96%|0|=|0|=|||
|width="1" style="background:#0EF70E;"||style="text-align:left;"|Centre through Action for Progress (CAP)|8,813|0.91%|0|_New_|0|_New_|||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes|26,250|2.70%|colspan="4" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||
|colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes|970,498|75.88%|colspan="4" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes|308,490|24.12%|colspan="4" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||
|colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Seats|colspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||20|=|176|style="color:green;"|+19||||
|colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout|1,278,988|71.59%|colspan="4" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions|507,460|28.41%|colspan="4" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters|1,786,448|colspan="5" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|||||||||
|colspan="8" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||
|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)|||||||||||

### National list results' per wilaya

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party|AD|AS|BR|DN|GO|GU|HC|HG|IN|NN|NO|NS|TA|TZ|TR||MRT||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Insaf|37.42%|33.59%|37.54%|23.41%|28.49%|29.25%|40.13%|30.02%|46.30%|28.41%|26.00%|37.87%|49.67%|30.17%|48.70%|20.04%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|35.26%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|Tewassoul|7.61%|17.13%|6.34%|7.93%|4.02%|6.18%|9.16%|13.33%|6.30%|16.32%|10.90%|14.26%|6.42%|10.71%|10.07%|20.25%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|10.25%|
|width="1" style="background:#0FAF05;"||style="text-align:left;"|UDP|2.32%|2.19%|4.08%|4.07%|15.54%|25.50%|10.35%|6.60%|8.02%|2.71%|2.74%|1.82%|3.60%|4.87%|0.90%|4.03%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|6.06%|
|width="1" style="background:#F0C832;"||style="text-align:left;"|Sawab+|1.96%|2.86%|1.88%|5.59%|3.75%|13.39%|1.55%|1.15%|2.72%|5.28%|3.98%|5.65%|0.88%|3.30%|4.86%|13.83%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|4.10%|
|width="1" style="background:#3080B7;"||style="text-align:left;"|Hope Mauritania|1.03%|0.79%|4.93%|4.77%|3.04%|1.55%|0.47%|0.77%|1.20%|3.84%|6.67%|8.02%|0.59%|8.73%|3.14%|5.50%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|3.33%|
|width="1" style="background:#0AA450;"||style="text-align:left;"|AND|2.22%|2.79%|1.01%|2.91%|6.26%|6.51%|2.59%|0.87%|2.76%|7.08%|4.50%|1.78%|1.99%|1.63%|3.55%|1.58%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|3.30%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Islah|13.26%|3.34%|1.71%|2.17%|1.54%|0.48%|4.70%|5.34%|2.08%|2.80%|4.24%|2.15%|3.11%|10.71%|2.35%|2.65%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|3.28%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|HATEM|1.76%|3.37%|0.98%|3.03%|0.38%|0.35%|5.74%|11.79%|1.54%|2.18%|2.07%|3.41%|1.43%|3.01%|1.32%|1.49%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.90%|
|width="1" style="background:#4FCB68;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Karama|0.62%|0.46%|5.55%|13.07%|8.99%|0.96%|1.22%|1.35%|0.51%|0.94%|1.14%|1.67%|0.45%|0.37%|0.56%|1.05%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.62%|
|width="1" style="background:#C96A2F;"||style="text-align:left;"|Nida El Watan|0.69%|8.03%|0.59%|0.73%|0.75%|0.24%|2.64%|7.00%|1.29%|1.32%|3.01%|1.31%|0.63%|1.12%|2.79%|1.35%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.50%|
|width="1" style="background:#F8C3A0;"||style="text-align:left;"|AJD/MR+|0.37%|0.23%|6.50%|5.71%|4.42%|0.61%|0.15%|0.15%|1.46%|0.89%|3.08%|3.26%|0.09%|2.00%|0.35%|9.88%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.18%|
|width="1" style="background:#A47A7E;"||style="text-align:left;"|HIWAR|6.48%|3.87%|3.44%|2.20%|1.76%|1.62%|3.10%|1.71%|1.85%|0.88%|0.60%|0.77%|0.88%|2.08%|1.41%|0.67%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.08%|
|width="1" style="background:#00A1D7;"||style="text-align:left;"|PMM|3.87%|1.54%|0.66%|1.29%|0.46%|0.56%|1.97%|3.65%|1.26%|2.41%|4.07%|1.39%|1.43%|3.43%|3.35%|1.23%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.08%|
|width="1" style="background:#0198E2;"||style="text-align:left;"|PRDR|1.06%|5.70%|1.38%|2.38%|4.74%|0.18%|0.63%|1.93%|1.12%|1.97%|1.39%|0.94%|1.51%|0.94%|1.53%|1.10%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.97%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|UFP|1.79%|2.97%|1.76%|1.69%|3.18%|1.41%|0.93%|1.04%|1.38%|2.02%|2.31%|1.91%|2.90%|1.58%|0.86%|1.16%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.79%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Vadila|1.08%|2.13%|4.44%|0.81%|1.29%|2.37%|1.08%|2.27%|0.60%|1.82%|1.05%|0.99%|2.13%|1.53%|0.87%|1.81%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.78%|
|width="1" style="background:#FAFA75;"||style="text-align:left;"|PUD|1.32%|0.65%|4.26%|0.99%|1.15%|0.42%|0.79%|3.40%|0.62%|1.93%|2.73%|0.83%|2.37%|0.70%|0.51%|1.63%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.66%|
|width="1" style="background:#666666;"||style="text-align:left;"|State of Justice|2.47%|0.73%|0.54%|1.95%|0.30%|0.27%|0.96%|0.81%|1.55%|2.38%|5.36%|1.75%|2.05%|2.24%|1.71%|2.35%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.55%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|RFD|0.83%|0.61%|1.23%|3.68%|0.67%|0.14%|1.48%|0.90%|1.47%|2.89%|2.51%|1.09%|2.76%|1.09%|1.86%|3.23%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.51%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|PSJN|1.89%|1.39%|3.64%|1.31%|4.61%|0.43%|0.94%|0.46%|0.46%|1.33%|0.89%|0.62%|1.55%|0.82%|0.32%|0.38%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.48%|
|width="1" style="background:#E7EB16;"||style="text-align:left;"|El Ravah|2.94%|0.66%|0.98%|1.25%|0.36%|1.14%|1.28%|0.75%|1.00%|1.37%|1.51%|0.96%|10.04%|0.53%|1.54%|0.92%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.43%|
|width="1" style="background:;"||style="text-align:left;"|APP|1.27%|0.56%|1.95%|1.47%|0.85%|1.77%|1.01%|0.55%|0.46%|1.91%|0.98%|2.58%|1.07%|2.52%|0.72%|0.67%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.25%|
|width="1" style="background:#B7752C;"||style="text-align:left;"|Ribat|1.45%|0.25%|0.41%|3.39%|0.31%|0.52%|0.91%|0.30%|10.62%|2.59%|2.39%|0.95%|0.57%|2.30%|0.45%|0.85%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1.07%|
|width="1" style="background:#433A16;"||style="text-align:left;"|PCP|0.72%|1.38%|1.13%|0.88%|0.60%|0.23%|1.19%|1.37%|0.57%|1.64%|1.33%|0.86%|0.42%|0.50%|0.61%|0.52%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|0.96%|
|width="1" style="background:#0EF70E;"||style="text-align:left;"|CAP|0.33%|0.25%|0.23%|0.56%|0.45%|0.31%|0.25%|0.24%|0.30%|0.65%|1.18%|0.71%|0.19%|0.38%|3.75%|0.14%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|0.91%|
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes|3.24%|2.53%|2.84%|2.76%|2.09%|3.61%|4.78%|2.25%|2.56%|2.44%|3.37%|2.45%|1.27%|2.74%|1.92%|1.69%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|2.70%|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="30" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||||||||||||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes|81.73%|64.79%|79.47%|86.82%|76.72%|78.37%|51.47%|67.24%|85.86%|85.33%|85.43%|85.76%|77.95%|86.63%|86.10%|86.30%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|75.88%|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes|18.27%|35.21%|20.53%|13.18%|23.28%|21.63%|48.53%|32.76%|14.14%|14.67%|14.57%|14.24%|22.05%|13.37%|13.90%|13.70%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|24.12%|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="30" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||||||||||||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout|71.27%|73.41%|76.82%|69.64%|77.37%|81.74%|75.69%|77.23%|61.24%|61.22%|61.46%|66.83%|74.15%|71.33%|67.58%|62.49%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|71.59%|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions|28.73%|26.59%|23.18%|30.36%|22.63%|18.26%|24.31%|22.77%|38.76%|38.78%|38.54%|33.17%|25.85%|28.67%|32.42%|37.51%|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|28.41%|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters|53,331|164,442|180,078|66,423|135,491|91,826|198,099|152,255|19,789|120,387|141,914|119,367|55,836|28,182|236,739|22,289|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|1,786,448|||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="30" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||||||||||||||||||||||
|scope=row colspan=18 colspan="30" style="text-align:left;"|Source: National Independent Election Commission (CENI)|||||||||||||||||||||

### Election of the President of the National Assembly

The election of the President of the National Assembly happened on 19 June 2023. Mohamed Bemba Meguett was picked in the first round.
|colspan=2|Candidate|Party|Votes obtained|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=""||**Mohamed Bemba Meguett**||style="text-align:center;"|**137**|
|bgcolor=""||Ahmedou Mohamed Mahfoudh M'Balla||style="text-align:center;"|27|
|style="background:gray;"||colspan=2|Abstentions|style="text-align:center;"|2|
|style="background:black;"||colspan=2|Null votes|style="text-align:center;"|3|
|colspan=3|Absentees|style="text-align:center;"|7|||

### Arrest of Biram Dah Abeid

Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 24 May. He was the leader of the Democratic Alternation Coalition and re-elected deputy for Sawab+. He was arrested because he said that if the results of the elections are accepted, then "the free Mauritanians will carry weapons against the current regime" during a rally the day before. He also said in his speech that he was "committed to peace" but that he "wouldn't lie to the Mauritanian people" and that "election fraud was the reason the army couped former president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya".

Opposition parties RAG, Sawab, Hope Mauritania, the Union of the Forces of Progress, the Rally of Democratic Forces, and the People's Progressive Alliance said that the arrest was bad.

## Infobox (legislative election)

- **country**: Mauritania
- **previous election**: 2018 Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2018
- **next election**: _2028 Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2028_
- **election date**: 13 May 2023 (first round)
27 May 2023 (second round)
- **seats for election**: All 176 seats in the National Assembly (Mauritania), National Assembly
- **majority seats**: 89
- **turnout**: 71.59% ( 0.87%)
- **ongoing**: no
- **party1**: Equity Party (Mauritania)
- **leader1**: Mohamed Melainine O. Eyih
- **percentage1**: 35.26
- **seats1**: 107
- **last election1**: 93
- **party2**: National Rally for Reform and Development
- **leader2**: Hamadi Ould Sidi Mokhtar
- **percentage2**: 10.25
- **seats2**: 11
- **last election2**: 14
- **party3**: Union for Democracy and Progress
- **leader3**: Naha Mint Mouknass
- **percentage3**: 6.06
- **seats3**: 10
- **last election3**: 6
- **party4**: Hope Mauritania
- **leader4**: _Collective leadership_
- **percentage4**: 3.33
- **seats4**: 7
- **last election4**: 0
- **party5**: National Democratic Alliance (Mauritania)
- **leader5**: Yacoub Ould Moine
- **percentage5**: 3.30
- **seats5**: 6
- **last election5**: 4
- **party6**: El Islah
- **leader6**: Mohamed Ould Talebna
- **percentage6**: 3.28
- **seats6**: 6
- **last election6**: 1
- **party7**: Sawab (Mauritania), Sawab+
- **leader7**: Abdel Salem Ould Horma
- **percentage7**: 4.10
- **seats7**: 5
- **last election7**: 3
- **party8**: Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal, AJD/MR+
- **colour8**: #F8C3A0
- **leader8**: Ibrahima Moctar Sarr
- **percentage8**: 2.18
- **seats8**: 4
- **last election8**: 1
- **party9**: El Karama
- **leader9**: Cheikhna Ould Hajbou
- **percentage9**: 2.62
- **seats9**: 5
- **last election9**: 6
- **party10**: Nida El Watan
- **leader10**: Daoud Ould Ahmed Aicha
- **percentage10**: 2.50
- **seats10**: 5
- **last election10**: 0
- **party11**: Mauritanian Party of Union and Change
- **leader11**: Saleh Ould Hanenna
- **percentage11**: 2.90
- **seats11**: 3
- **last election11**: 0
- **party12**: Party of Conciliation and Prosperity
- **leader12**: Valle Mint Mini
- **percentage12**: 2.08
- **seats12**: 3
- **last election12**: 1
- **party13**: El Vadila
- **leader13**: Ethmane Ould Eboul Mealy
- **percentage13**: 1.78
- **seats13**: 2
- **last election13**: 0
- **party14**: Party of the Mauritanian Masses
- **leader14**: El Khalil Ould Ennahoui
- **percentage14**: 2.08
- **seats14**: 1
- **last election14**: 0
- **party15**: State of Justice Coalition, UPC+
- **colour15**: #666666
- **leader15**: _Collective leadership_
- **percentage15**: 1.55
- **seats15**: 1
- **last election15**: 0
- **map**: File:2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election - Winner per wilaya (national list, simple).svg
- **map size**: 250px
- **map caption**: Winner by Regions of Mauritania, wilaya (national list)
- **title**: Prime Minister of Mauritania, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister of Mauritania, Prime Minister-designate
- **before election**: Mohamed Ould Bilal
- **before image**: محمد ولد بلال (2022) (cropped).jpg
- **before party**: Equity Party (Mauritania), El Insaf
- **after election**: Mohamed Ould Bilal
- **after image**: محمد ولد بلال (2022) (cropped).jpg
- **after party**: Equity Party (Mauritania), El Insaf