1966 Mauritanian presidential election

none Mauritania 1959 1966 08 07 presidential 1961 Mauritanian presidential election 1961 1971 Mauritanian general election 1971 50%+ 491,320 96.20% ( 2.68pp) Moktar Ould Daddah.jpg Mokhtar Ould Daddah PPM 471,577 100% Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 7 August 1966. 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. Its leader, incumbent President Moktar Ould Daddah, was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.https://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database 26 November 2016 26 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211226193421/https://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html dead Voter turnout was 96%.Nohlen Dieter Krennerich Michael Thibaut Bernhard 1999 Elections in Africa: A data handbook 594 Oxford University Press 0-19-829645-2 It was the second presidential elections held in the country after independence. The country had doubled its GDP between 1959 and 1966, but growth in traditional sectors, such as agriculture, was negligible. In 1966 there was widespread agitation against the government by Mauritanian Black Africans against imposing Arab education and civil life. Background Mauritania came under the direct control of the French Colonial Empire in 1933.A Political Chronology of Africa https://books.google.com/books?id=0O86sZdHfHUC&dq=mauritania+elections+1959&pg=PA285 285 Europa Publications Routledge 2003 9781135356668 After independence on 28 November 1960, the country declared itself the Islamic Republic of Mauritania with Ould Daddah becoming its first President . He declared the country a one-party state in 1964 and in 1965 all parties merged with the ruling Mauritanian Assembly Party to form the Mauritanian People's Party. Between 1961 and 1965, Ould Daddah faced pressure on some of the provinces annexed by the neighboring Morocco under Sultan Mohamed V and sought support from the Arab neighbors. He also maintained relations with French government and sought the help to station its troops in Mauritania which would go on until 1966.Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set Kevin Shillington https://books.google.com/books?id=umyHqvAErOAC&dq=Mauritania+presidential+elections+1961&pg=PA959 959 Routledge 2013 9781135456702 The government was also facing different issues on development and tribal orientation. During this period, the country lacked its own currency. In 1966 there were widespread agitation against the government by Black Africans against imposing Arab education and civil life. However, Ould was effective in controlling the opposition. Historians consider his rule moving to an extent of dictatorship as both the opposition inside the PPM and across Mauritania were effectively suppressed.Political Transition in Mauritania: Problems and Prospects 4329283 44–46 Anthony G. Pazzanita Middle East Journal 53 1 1999 Middle East Institute From 1959 to 1966, the GDP of the country doubled, but only in mining sector, leaving the traditional sectors such as agriculture and fishing without any growth.Mauritania: A neo-colonial desert 29789919 59 Mahfoud Bennoune Dialectical Anthropology 3 1 1978 Springer 10.1007/BF00257389 145246578 Results 200x200px|thumb|Moktar Ould Daddah, the incumbent President and winner of the 1966 Presidential elections Moktar Ould Daddah Mauritanian People's Party 471577 1080 491320 Nohlen et al. References External links Mauritania President Category:Presidential elections in Mauritania Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Mauritania