1971 Mauritanian general election

None May 2023 May 2023 Mauritania 1959 1971 08 08 534,994 yes Presidential election presidential 1966 Mauritanian presidential election 1966 1976 Mauritanian presidential election 1976 50%+ 96.29% (0.09pp) Moktar Ould Daddah.jpg Mokhtar Ould Daddah PPM 512,708 100% yes Parliamentary election 1965 1975 All 50 seats in the National Assembly 26 95.59% (2.77pp) PPM Mokhtar Ould Daddah 100 50 40 General elections were held in Mauritania on 8 August 1971 to elect a President and National Assembly, the first time the two elections had been held together. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the Mauritanian People's Party (PPM) as the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent President Moktar Ould Daddah, was the only candidate in the presidential election, and was re-elected unopposed to a third term in office,http://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html Elections in Mauritania African Elections Database 26 November 2016 2 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260302115857/https://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html dead whilst the PPM won all 50 seats in the National Assembly election. Voter turnout for the parliamentary election was reported to be 95.6%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p394 0-19-829645-2 Background Mauritania came under the direct control of the French Colonial Empire during 1933.A Political Chronology of Africa https://books.google.com/books?id=0O86sZdHfHUC&dq=mauritania+elections+1959&pg=PA285 285 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 during 1965 all parties merged with the ruling Mauritanian Assembly Party to form the Mauritanian People's Party. Results 200x200px|thumb|Moktar Ould Daddah, the incumbent President and winner of the 1966 Presidential elections President Moktar Ould Daddah Mauritanian People's Party 512708 2413 534994 Nohlen et al. National Assembly All the Mauritanian People's Party candidates were elected unopposed.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 Mauritanian People's Party 504406 50 +10 7008 +10 534994 Nohlen et al. References External links Mauritania General Category:Parliamentary elections in Mauritania Category:Presidential elections in Mauritania Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections Mauritania