Mauritanian presidential election, 1992

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Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.7% of the vote.^[1] Voter turnout was just 47.4%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya	Democratic and Social Republican Party	345,583	62.7
Ahmed Ould Daddah	Union of Democratic Forces	180,658	32.8
Moustapha Ould Mohamed Saleck	Independent	15,735	2.9
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah	Popular Social and Democratic Union	7,506	1.4
Invalid/blank votes		11,314	-
Total		560,796	100
Source: Nohlen et al

References

1. ^ Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database
2. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p596 ISBN 0198296452

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