| 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 1 | 21 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 2 | 4 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 |
|
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| 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. |
A historical Archive of past election results for this chamber can be found on a separate page