2018 Mauritanian regional elections

First elections to regional councils in Mauritania

1 September 2018 (first round)
15 September 2018 (second round)

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Turnout

1,020,115 (72.62%, first round)

Party	Seats
UPR	167
Tewassoul	29
UDP	24
HATEM–Tewassoul	21
FNDU	18
AJD/MR–Tewassoul	5
El Vadila	2
UFP–Tewassoul	2
El Karama	2
Tewassoul–RDU	2
PTG	2
AJD/MR	1
APP	1
Sawab–RAG	1
RFD	1
AND	1
APP–El Wiam	1
UFP–Sawab–RAG	1
El Wiam	1
APP–AND	1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Control of regional administrations after the election
UPR-led government

Regional elections were held in Mauritania on 1 and 15 September 2018, alongside parliamentary and local elections. They were the first elections to the newly created regional councils.

Background

Regional councils were created in Mauritania following a 2017 constitutional referendum that abolished the Senate, replacing it with regional councils in every wilaya and a single one for the city of Nouakchott.^[1]

Election system

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.^{[citation needed]}

Regional governments

The following table lists party control in each regional council after the election.

Region	New control
Adrar		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Assaba		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Brakna		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Dakhlet Nouadhibou		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Gorgol		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Guidimaka		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Hodh Ech Chargui		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Hodh El Gharbi		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Inchiri		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Nouakchott		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Tagant		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Tiris Zemmour		Union for the Republic (UPR)
Trarza		Union for the Republic (UPR)

Summary by region

Adrar


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	17,925	60.35	9
	Tewassoul–RDU	4,227	14.23	2
	PTG	2,716	9.14	2
	APP–El Wiam	1,637	5.51	1
	UFP–Sawab–RAG	1,156	3.89	1
	Other parties	1,323	4.45	0
Blank votes		720	2.42	–
Total		29,704	100.00	15

Valid votes		29,704	86.61
Invalid votes		4,593	13.39
Total votes		34,297	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,595	75.22
Source: CENI, DGCT (seat share)

Assaba


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	37,807	49.56			16
	HATEM–Tewassoul	13,852	18.16			9
	AND	7,900	10.35			0
	PPPD	6,495	8.51			0
	El Ravah	3,926	5.15			0
	Other parties	5,019	6.58			0
Blank votes		1,294	1.70			–
Total		76,293	100.00			25

Valid votes		76,293	75.17
Invalid votes		25,206	24.83
Total votes		101,499	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		133,813	75.85	133,813	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Brakna


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	49,164	56.01	14
	Tewassoul	11,749	13.39	3
	El Vadila	6,568	7.48	2
	AJD/MR	4,829	5.50	1
	APP	3,797	4.33	1
	Sawab–RAG	2,313	2.64	1
	RFD	2,077	2.37	1
	AND	1,945	2.22	1
	El Karama	1,624	1.85	1
	Other parties	1,600	1.82	0
Blank votes		2,108	2.40	–
Total		87,774	100.00	25

Valid votes		87,774	79.72
Invalid votes		22,332	20.28
Total votes		110,106	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		148,744	74.02
Source: CENI, DGCT (seat share)

Dakhlet Nouadhibou


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	11,625	34.93			11
	Tewassoul	5,959	17.90			8
	AJD/MR	2,667	8.01			0
	UDP	2,408	7.23			0
	El Islah	1,972	5.92			0
	Other parties	7,540	22.65			0
Blank votes		1,112	3.34			–
Total		33,283	100.00			19

Valid votes		33,283	83.34
Invalid votes		6,652	16.66
Total votes		39,935	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		63,681	62.71	63,681	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Gorgol


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	18,181	29.68			16
	UDP	11,338	18.51			9
	El Karama	8,253	13.47			0
	UFP	3,165	5.17			0
	Other parties	18,619	30.39			0
Blank votes		1,711	2.79			–
Total		61,267	100.00			25

Valid votes		61,267	72.30
Invalid votes		23,471	27.70
Total votes		84,738	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		108,319	78.23	108,319	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Guidimaka


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	13,476	35.42			14
	UDP	7,776	20.44			11
	Tewassoul	4,034	10.60			0
	El Vadila	3,003	7.89			0
	UFP–Sawab–RAG	2,179	5.73			0
	Other parties	6,321	16.62			0
Blank votes		1,252	3.29			–
Total		38,041	100.00			25

Valid votes		38,041	63.91
Invalid votes		21,481	36.09
Total votes		59,522	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		72,946	81.60	72,946	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Hodh Ech Chargui


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	33,745	40.90			17
	Tewassoul	10,426	12.64			8
	PUCM	9,795	11.87			0
	UDP	7,057	8.55			0
	El Karama	5,056	6.13			0
	Other parties	13,714	16.62			0
Blank votes		2,710	3.28			–
Total		82,503	100.00			25

Valid votes		82,503	71.38
Invalid votes		33,073	28.62
Total votes		115,576	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		159,990	72.24	159,990	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Hodh El Gharbi


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	31,252	39.99			13
	HATEM–Tewassoul	15,418	19.73			12
	UDP	7,939	10.16			0
	El Wiam	6,137	7.85			0
	HIWAR	4,195	5.37			0
	Other parties	11,782	15.07			0
Blank votes		1,434	1.83			–
Total		78,157	100.00			25

Valid votes		78,157	78.05
Invalid votes		21,986	21.95
Total votes		100,143	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		126,565	79.12	126,565	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Inchiri


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	7,187	63.23	7
	Tewassoul	1,331	11.71	2
	El Karama	1,293	11.38	1
	El Wiam	743	6.54	1
	Other parties	614	5.40	0
Blank votes		198	1.74	–
Total		11,366	100.00	11

Valid votes		11,366	90.13
Invalid votes		1,244	9.87
Total votes		12,610	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,584	71.71
Source: CENI, DGCT (seat share)

Nouakchott


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	34,104	23.79	50,435	49.09	19
	FNDU	32,281	22.52	48,188	46.90	18
	RFD	9,737	6.79			0
	Sawab–RAG	8,442	5.89			0
	Other parties	54,057	37.70			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), AMI (second round), DGCT (seat share)

Tagant


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	17,876	56.74	8
	UDP	7,558	23.99	4
	UFP–Tewassoul	4,462	14.16	2
	APP–AND	1,284	4.08	1
Blank votes		326	1.03	–
Total		31,506	100.00	15

Valid votes		31,506	90.45
Invalid votes		3,325	9.55
Total votes		34,831	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		44,844	77.67
Source: CENI, DGCT (seat share)

Tiris Zemmour


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	6,031	36.80			6
	AJD/MR–Tewassoul	3,681	22.46			5
	APP–El Wiam–RIBAT	2,144	13.08			0
	El Islah	893	5.45			0
	Other parties	3,219	19.64			0
Blank votes		420	2.56			–
Total		16,388	100.00			11

Valid votes		16,388	88.88
Invalid votes		2,051	11.12
Total votes		18,439	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		25,078	73.53	25,078	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)

Trarza


Party		First round		Second round		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
	UPR	50,193	54.15			17
	Tewassoul	3,681	3.97			8
	El Wiam	8,264	8.92			0
	RFD	6,335	6.83			0
	Other parties	22,401	24.17			0
Blank votes		1,822	1.97			–
Total		92,696	100.00			25

Valid votes		92,696	83.20
Invalid votes		18,716	16.80
Total votes		111,412	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		176,948	62.96	176,948	–
Source: CENI (first round), DGCT (seat share)