Election facts
1,785,036 voters were called to these elections, distributed in 4,728 polling stations throughout the national territory and abroad. According to official data, 2,082 party lists participate in these benefits, including 1,378 lists for municipalities, 145 lists for regional councils and 559 parliamentary lists. The movement headed to the polls around six in the morning, under strict security measures, in front of the office from where Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Al-Ghazwani voted, who confirmed in a statement to media: “The government has insisted from day one that these elections be successful, starting with the agreement.” To the parties to organize it and specify its personnel and its legal texts.
He added, “Everyone listened to the speeches of politicians during the election campaign, and now they are waiting for the speech of the citizen who has the appropriate conditions to deliver it freely.”
Compete for the majority
Twenty-five parties are participating in this electoral race, and the Justice Party, the “party in power”, is the only one to have presented candidates for it in all the constituencies.
The ruling party is seeking to preserve the majority in light of the withdrawal of those locally known as the ‘angry’, who are those who withdraw from party lists in protest at not being named, and their reliance on lists of other parties supporting President Ould Al-Ghazauni.
Moussa Ould Soufi, the “Insaf” candidate for the Nouakchott parliament, confirmed to “Sky News Arabia” that “all the data indicates that the ruling party will be at the top of the results”.
He added in his statement: “While I am sure fairness will lead this race, I hope all parties will have seats in parliament.”
For his part, Moussa Ould Labat, candidate for parliamentarians in Nouakchott, believes that these elections could put an end to “equitable control of seats in parliament”.
Moussa told “Sky News Arabia”: “These elections may be a blow to the Justice Party because of the angry people, and therefore the president will rely on the majority parties”, adding that “the turnout in the polls this time is high, compared to the election campaign which has not seen much interaction.” .
Participation in the polls
Turnout at the polls began intensively, about two hours after the polls began, and large queues formed outside some polling stations.
Voter Fatima Bint Asbai told Sky News Arabia: “I’ve been waiting for my turn to vote for 4 hours, and I’m in no rush to do my duty.”
In turn, the head of one of the polling stations in Nouakchott, Abdelkader Ould Brar, confirmed to “Sky News Arabia” that “voting began intensively at his office”, adding that the number of voters he had at one o’clock in the afternoon “exceeded one hundred of the 500 registered voters.” in his office.”
In his press release, he underlined that “all measures have been taken for this process, within the framework of a smooth running of the electoral process”.
Simplified voting
For his part, Ibrahim Fal Walad Al-Aam, head of the Cham Network for Election Monitoring in Mauritania, said: “The elections started smoothly and the participation in the elections started intensively in the early hours of the morning, unlike in previous elections.
He added in his statement to “Sky News” that voter turnout at one o’clock in the afternoon exceeded “30%”, noting that “no violations” had been recorded.
The representatives of the parties participating in the elections, in the offices at the level of Nouakchott, welcomed the smooth running of the electoral process.
Among them is Makulthoum bint Muhammad Mahmoud, a representative of the “Opposition Party for Forces and Democracy”, who confirmed to “Sky News Arabia” that “no violations were recorded during these elections”.
And to add: “I only noticed a little confusion among some voters, at the level of the distinction of the colors of the ballot boxes, which is normal.
shortcomings
After 3 hours of electoral process, some political parties have reported violations of the electoral process at the level of Nouakchott and the interior, like the candidate for the parliaments of Nouakchott, Biram Dah Abid.
Pyram said: “There are offices specially prepared to swell the votes of the Party of Order, despite the lack of need for them, pointing out that it has so far recorded a complete absence of representatives of the Good Party, with which he joined, of a number of offices, in particular in the port district, after certain heads of office had refused to allow them to carry out the work entrusted to them. , objecting to the localization of their cards
It should be noted that the 2023 elections saw modifications within the framework of the political agreement signed between the government and the political parties, since a new national list for young people was added, consisting of 11 seats, of which at least two seats for people with special needs.
Women represent 36.73% of women on the parliamentary lists, while they represent 35.10% on the regional lists, while they represent 32.57% of the lists running for the municipalities, according to data from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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