1965 Mauritanian parliamentary election

None May 2023 May 2023 Mauritania 1959 parliamentary 1959 Mauritanian parliamentary election 1959 1965 05 09 1971 Mauritanian general election 1971 All 70 seats in the National Assembly 36 482,305 92.82% Moktar Ould Daddah.jpg Mokhtar Ould Daddah PPM 40 445,844 100% Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 9 May 1965. Following the merger of all the country's political parties into the Mauritanian People's Party (PPM), the country had become a one-party state in December 1961.Elections in Mauritania https://web.archive.org/web/20260302115857/https://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html 2 March 2026 African Elections Database As such, the PPM was the only party to contest the election, and won all 40 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 93%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p594 0-19-829645-2 Results Mauritanian People's Party 445844 40 0 1816 0 482305 Nohlen et al. References Mauritania Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Mauritania Category:One-party elections Mauritania