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MAURITANIA
Majlis Al-Chouyoukh (Senate)
ELECTIONS HELD IN 2007

A historical Archive of past election results for this chamber can be found on a separate page

Parliament name (generic / translated) Barlamane / Parliament
Structure of parliament Bicameral
Chamber name (generic / translated) Majlis Al-Chouyoukh / Senate
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) Al Jamiya-Al-Wataniya / National Assembly
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to)21 January 2007
4 February 2007
Purpose of elections Elections were held for 53 of the 56 seats in the Senate, which had been dissolved following the August 2005 coup d'état. The three senators who represent Mauritanians abroad will be designated by the 53 elected senators.
(not applicable, indirect elections)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Round no 121 January 2007
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes
3'688
3'623 (98.24%)
47
3'576
Notes
Round no 24 February 2007
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes
1'603
1'570 (97.94%)
21
1'549
Notes
Distribution of votes
Round no 1
Political Group Candidates Votes %
Independents 2'258 63.14
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) 310 8.67
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR) 231 6.46
Forces of Change for Democracy (CFCD) 83 2.32
Union of Forces of Progress (UFP) 129 3.61
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and its allies 55 1.54
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) and its allies 31 0.87
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) and its allies 28 0.78
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) and its allies 12 0.34
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM)
RFD-UFP
Round no 2
Political Group Candidates Votes %
Independents 1'081 69.79
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) 103 6.65
RFD-UFP 76 4.91
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) 98 6.33
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR)
Forces of Change for Democracy (CFCD)
Union of Forces of Progress (UFP) 29 1.87
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and its allies
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) and its allies
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) and its allies
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) and its allies
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Political Group Total 1st & 2nd rounds
Independents 23
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) 4
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR) 3
Forces of Change for Democracy (CFCD) 3
Union of Forces of Progress (UFP) 1
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and its allies 1
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) and its allies 1
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) and its allies 1
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) and its allies 1
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) 0
RFD-UFP 0
Round no 2
Political Group Total 1st & 2nd rounds
Independents 11 34
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) 2 2
RFD-UFP 1 1
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) 1 5
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDR) 0 3
Forces of Change for Democracy (CFCD) 0 3
Union of Forces of Progress (UFP) 0 1
Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and its allies 0 1
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (HATEM) and its allies 0 1
Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) and its allies 0 1
People's Progressive Alliance (APP) and its allies 0 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
46
10
17.86%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Sources:
- http://www.ami.mr/
- Senate (01.01.2008)

Note:
- 38 candidates, including nine women, were elected in the first round.
- No women were elected in the second round.
- Three remaining members were designated by the 53 elected senators on 9 June 2007. One woman was elected, thus bringing the total number of women to ten.

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