2018 Nouakchott regional election (original) (raw)
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2018 regional election in the capital of Mauritania
2018 Nouakchott regional election
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| 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) (first round)15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) (second round) 2023 → | |
| All 37 seats in the Regional Council of Nouakchott19 seats needed for a majority | |
| Turnout | 63.73% (first round)40.76% (second round) |
First party Second party   Candidate Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour Party UPR Tewassoul Alliance FNDU Seats won 19 18 Popular vote 50,435 48,188 Percentage 49.09% 46.90% |
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| Elected President of the Regional Council Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick UPR |
Regional elections were held on 1 September 2018, with a second round on 15 September 2018, to elect the 37 members of the newly-formed Regional Council of Nouakchott, created after the 2017 Mauritanian constitutional referendum in replacement of the Senate and the Urban Community of Nouakchott. They were part of the 2018 Mauritanian regional elections.
Ex-mayor of Tevragh-Zeina Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, running for the ruling party Union for the Republic won a narrow majority on the second round against Mohamed Jamil Ould Mansour, the opposition-backed candidate and previous leader of the Islamist Tewassoul party.
Mint Abdel Malick was first presented as candidate of the Union for the Republic on 8 July 2018 together with the rest of candidates to head the regional councils of the country.[1]
Regional councils in Mauritania are elected using the proportional representation system of the largest remainder method with two rounds. In the first round, voters choose from one of several lists running. If one list obtains an absolute majority of votes, the council seats would be then distributed proportionally. If not, a second round must be held between the two largest lists. The president of the Regional Council is elected by the Regional Council from one of their members.
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| Party | First round | Second round | Seats | ||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Union for the Republic | 34,104 | 23.79 | 50,435 | 49.09 | 19 |
| National Front for Democracy and Unity | 32,281 | 22.52 | 48,188 | 46.90 | 18 |
| Rally of Democratic Forces | 9,737 | 6.79 | 0 | ||
| Sawab–RAG | 8,442 | 5.89 | 0 | ||
| Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 5,000 | 3.49 | 0 | ||
| El Islah | 4,721 | 3.29 | 0 | ||
| APP-led coalition (APP–El Wiam–ARC-EN-CIEL–AND–RIBAT) | 4,488 | 3.13 | 0 | ||
| Choura for Development | 4,107 | 2.86 | 0 | ||
| Union for Democracy and Progress | 3,381 | 2.36 | 0 | ||
| El Karama | 2,611 | 1.82 | 0 | ||
| Rally for Mauritania | 2,583 | 1.80 | 0 | ||
| National Democratic Union | 2,528 | 1.76 | 0 | ||
| National Democratic Convergence | 2,219 | 1.55 | 0 | ||
| Party for Conciliation and Prosperity | 1,987 | 1.39 | 0 | ||
| El Vadila | 1,936 | 1.35 | 0 | ||
| Third Generation Party | 1,688 | 1.18 | 0 | ||
| Popular Front | 1,479 | 1.03 | 0 | ||
| Other parties | 15,329 | 10.69 | 0 | ||
| Blank votes | 4,749 | 3.31 | 4,114 | 4.00 | – |
| Total | 143,370 | 100.00 | 102,737 | 100.00 | 37 |
| Valid votes | 143,370 | 80.22 | 102,737 | 89.81 | |
| Invalid votes | 35,350 | 19.78 | 11,654 | 10.19 | |
| Total votes | 178,720 | 100.00 | 114,391 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 280,627 | 63.69 | 280,627 | 40.76 | |
| Source: CENI (first round), Essahra (second round) |
Below is a list of members elected to the first Regional Council of Nouakchott and the party/coalition they were elected with.[2]
| Member | Alliance | Party | Gender | ||
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| Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick | UPR | UPR | F | ||
| Hemine Sidi Kedat | M | ||||
| Aissata El Hadj Diallo | F | ||||
| Mohamed Salem Habiboullah | M | ||||
| Hawa Mohamed Al Amine | F | ||||
| El Hadj El Man Jidou | M | ||||
| Zeinabou Cheikh Ahmed | F | ||||
| Ishemkhou Mahfouh Aleyou | M | ||||
| Hawa Yoro Dia | F | ||||
| Hamadi Mahfouh Bekaye | M | ||||
| Toutou Mohamed Mahmoud Regad | F | ||||
| Sadne Mouhamed Ahmed Vali | M | ||||
| Amar El Weli Elati | M | ||||
| Cheikhna Guewad Ahmed Benane | M | ||||
| Cheikh Bocar Thiam | M | ||||
| Mohamed Lemine Maaloum Vadel | M | ||||
| El Bekaye Ahmed Lkweri | M | ||||
| Mohamed Lemine Abdelkadr Bakayoko | M | ||||
| Abdel Wedoud Mouhamdi Abdel Wedoud | M | ||||
| Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour | FNDU | Tewassoul | M | ||
| Ndeye Mbathio Niang | MPR | F | |||
| Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi | El Moustaghbel | M | |||
| Mohamed Sid’Ahmed | UFP | M | |||
| Khadije Dahman Jewde | Tewassoul | F | |||
| Abou Hassan Dia | PNDD-ADIL | M | |||
| Toumeneu Deye Zeine | Tewassoul | F | |||
| Mohamed Mahmoud Memed | HATEM | M | |||
| Hawa Diallo | UFP | F | |||
| Saidou Mamadou Kane | MPR | M | |||
| Marieme Tayfour | El Moustaghbel | F | |||
| Hassan Mohamed El Abd | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Zeinabou Sid’Ahmed | PNDD-ADIL | F | |||
| Abdalaye Camara | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed El Mokhtar | HATEM | M | |||
| Dolo Mbow | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Abdallahi Merzouk Baba | UFP | M | |||
| Mohamed Massoud | El Moustaghbel | M |
- ^ "Liste des candidats UPRistes au Conseil Régional au plan national" [List of UPRist candidates for the Regional Council at the national level]. Essahra Centre for Studies and Consultations (in French). 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Noms des membres du premier conseil régional de la capitale Nouakchott" [Names of the members of the first regional council of the capital Nouakchott]. AlAkhbar.info (in French). 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2022-11-02.