Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal

The Democratic Republican Party for Renewal (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique pour le Renouvellement - PRDR) is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social, PRDS), the grouping has changed its identity and adjusted its political stance following the 2005 coup. Formerly supportive of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and his pro-Israeli stance, the party has since denounced Taya's policies and the mid-2006 Israeli military campaign in Lebanon.

Democratic Republican Party for Renewal

Parti Républicain Démocratique pour le Renouvellement
PresidentSidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall
Founded1992
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Pro-western
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationCoalition of the Majority
Seats in the National Assembly:
3 / 146
Seats in the Senate:
3 / 56
Website
prdr.mr

In the parliamentary election held on 19 and 26 October 2001, the then-PRDS won 51.0% of the popular vote and 64 out of 81 seats. The elections were deemed neither free nor fair. Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, one of the bloc's members, was nominated as Prime Minister a few days after the 2005 coup.

The PRDR won seven seats in the November–December 2006 parliamentary election[1] and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections, 3 out of 56 seats.

As of 2008, the PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall.[2]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 345,583 62.7% Elected Y
1997 801,190 90.9% Elected Y
2003 438,915 67% Elected Y

National Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 301,349 67.7%
67 / 79
 67 1st Supermajority government
1996 352,482 67.6%
70 / 79
 3 1st Supermajority government
2001 285,623 51.0%
64 / 81
 6 1st Supermajority government
2006
7 / 95
 57 4th Opposition
2013 Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall 27,619 4.6%
3 / 146
 4 14th Opposition
2018 National PR seats 5,533 0.79%
0 / 157
 3 25th Extra-parliamentary
Women's seats 8,315 1.20%

Senate elections
Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2007 231 6.46%
3 / 56
 3 4th Opposition

References
  1. IPU PARLINE page on 2006 parliamentary election.
  2. "Mauritanie: La coalition Mithaq réclame la démission du gouvernement", Panapress (lemali.fr), March 9, 2008 (in French).


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