1992 Mauritanian presidential election

none Mauritania presidential 1959 1976 Mauritanian presidential election 1976 1997 Mauritanian presidential election 1997 24 January 1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (2005).jpg Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Democratic and Social Republican Party 345,583 62.89% أحمد ولد داداه (2021) (cropped).jpg Ahmed Ould Daddah Union of Democratic Forces (Mauritania) 180,658 32.88% 1992 Mauritanian Presidential Election - Results by Wilaya.svg Results by wilaya President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya PRDS Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya PRDS Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.9% of the vote.Elections in Mauritania https://web.archive.org/web/20260302115857/https://africanelections.tripod.com/mr.html 2026-03-02 African Elections Database Voter turnout was just 47.4%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p596 0-19-829645-2 Results Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Democratic and Social Republican Party 345583 Ahmed Ould Daddah Union of Democratic Forces 180658 Mustafa Ould Salek Independent 15735 Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah Popular Social and Democratic Union 7506 11314 1183892 Nohlen et al. By wilaya Wilaya Taya Daddah Salek Mah Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Adrar17,18285.01,7878.81,0035.02281.1Assaba31,30473.29,01421.11,9484.65161.2Brakna30,24861.417,44335.41,0012.05561.1Dakhlet Nouadhibou17,09249.715,35644.71,3203.86061.8Gorgol16,17948.016,88850.03601.03481.0Guidimaka12,71346.913,60850.24411.63211.2Hodh Ech Chargui52,44085.65,2858.62,7714.57951.3Hodh El Gharbi54,34284.47,50711.71,9033.06181.0Inchiri2,92672.782320.41684.21092.7Nouakchott53,47947.155,20348.62,9232.62,0461.8Tagant18,08981.73,40715.44251.92331.1Tiris Zemmour7,50664.23,59830.84603.91271.1Trarza32,08349.530,73947.41,0121.61,0031.5 Source: Nohlen et al. References Presidential Mauritania Category:Presidential elections in Mauritania Mauritania