| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Barlamane / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
7 October 1991
Last amendment: 2006 (ordonnance 2006-33) |
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 53
other 3 |
| Constituencies |
53 single-member constituencies, corresponding to the country's territorial districts. |
| Voting system |
Majority:
A woman candidate must figure at the top of candidate lists.
Simple majority vote by councils of the territorial districts.
Vacancies which arise between general elections are filled by substitutes chosen at the same time as titular parliamentarians. |
| Voter requirements |
- municipal councillors in each department |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 35
- Mauritanian citizenship
- ineligibilities: naturalization for less than 10 years, conviction for electoral fraud |
| Incompatibilities |
- membership of the Government
- employment in the public sector |
| Candidacy requirements |
- candidacies may be submitted by duly registered political parties or coalitions of political groups, and by independent candidates or groups of independent candidates
- deposit of 20,000 ougiyas, reimbursed if the candidate or the political party obtains at least 5 per cent of the votes |
Compare data for parliamentary chambers in the Electoral system module
