Mauritanian parliamentary election, 2001

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 and 26 October, 2001. The result was a landslide victory for President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal, who took 64 of the 81 seats.

Results

e • d Summary of the 19 October and 26 October 2001 National Assembly of Mauritania election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic and Social Republican Party (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social)		51.0	64
Rally for Democracy and Unity (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et l'Unité)		9.6	3
Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)		8.1	3
Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques)		5.6	3
Action for Change (Action pour Changement)		5.5	4
Union of Progress Forces (Union des Forces du Progrès)	UFP	.	3
People's Front (Front Populaire)	FP	.	1
Total (turnout 54.5 %)			81
Source: IPU Parline/AMI and Rulers. The percentages for the UFP and FP and for combination lists of PRSD-UDP and PRS-UDP-RDU are not available. The elections were boycotted by the Union of Democratic Forces (Union des Forces Démocratiques).