2019 Mauritanian presidential election

2019 Mauritanian presidential election

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Registered	1,544,132 ( 16.26%)
Turnout	62.63% ( 6.17pp)
Candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Biram Dah Abeid Party UPR RAG Alliance Presidential majority Sawab–RAG Popular vote 483,007 172,649 Percentage 52.00% 18.59%   Candidate Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Kane Hamidou Baba Party Independent MPR Alliance Tewassoul–HATEM+ CVE Popular vote 165,995 80,777 Percentage 17.87% 8.70%
Results by wilaya and moughataa
President before election Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz UPR President-elect Mohamed Ould Ghazouani UPR

Politics of Mauritania
Member State of the Arab League
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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 the opposition.^[6]

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]