1992 Mauritanian parliamentary election

6 March 1992 (first round) 13 March 1992 (second round)
All 79 seats in the National Assembly 40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.86%
Party Leader % Seats PRDS Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 67.67 67 RDU Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba 7.37 1 PMR Mulay Ould Jiyed 0.72 1 Independents – 21.48 10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya PRDS Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar PRDS

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 6 March 1992, with a second round on 13 March. They were the first National Assembly elections after the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic and Social Republican Party, which won 67 of the 79 seats in the Assembly.^[1] Voter turnout was just 39%.^[2]

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic and Social Republican Party			301,349	67.67	67
	RDU–PAGN		Rally for Democracy and Unity	32,841	7.37	1
			RDU–PAGN	5,090	1.14	0
			National Vanguard Party	4,504	1.01	0
		Total		42,435	9.53	1
	PMR–C–UPC		Mauritanian Party for Renewal	3,203	0.72	1
			Union for Planning and Construction	382	0.09	0
			Mauritanian Centre Democracy Party	357	0.08	0
			PMR–C–UPC	319	0.07	0
		Total		4,261	0.96	1
	Social and Democratic Popular Union			1,553	0.35	0
	Party of Work and National Unity			83	0.02	0
	Independents			95,644	21.48	10
Total				445,325	100.00	79
Valid votes				445,325	97.61
Invalid/blank votes				10,912	2.39
Total votes				456,237	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,174,087	38.86
Source: Nohlen et al.

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