Nouakchott-Sud (National Assembly district)

Nouakchott-Sud
electoral district for the National Assembly
Location of Nouakchott-Sud in Mauritania
Moughataa	Arafat El Mina Riyad
Wilaya	Nouakchott-Sud
Electorate	119,367 (2023)
Current electoral district
Created	2023
Seats	7
Deputies	El Insaf (3)   Tewassoul (1)   Hope MR (1)   Sawab–RAG (1)   El Karama (1)
Created from	Nouakchott

Nouakchott-Sud (Arabic: نواكشوط الجنوبية) is one of the 60 electoral districts represented in the National Assembly. The constituency currently elects 7 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Mauritanian wilaya of Nouakchott-Sud. The electoral system uses the largest remainder method and a closed-list proportional representation, with no minimum threshold.

Historic representation

Historic composition of the district
Key to parties   Hope Mauritania   Sawab–RAG   El Karama   El Insaf   Tewassoul
Legislature	Election	Distribution
10th	2023	1 1 1 3 1

List of deputies

Legislature	Member	Party
10th	Maimouna Ahmed Salem Yahdhih		El Insaf
	El Moctar Khalifa Khalifa
	El Hacen Mohamed Belid
	Yahya Aboubecrine Sid Elemine		Tewassoul
	Amadou Tidjane Abou Diop		Hope Mauritania
	Ghame Achour Salem		Sawab–RAG
	Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed Mahmoud El Moktar		El Karama

Election results

2023

Parliamentary Election 2023: Nouakchott-Sud

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	El Insaf	25,844	37.74	3
	National Rally for Reform and Development	9,979	14.57	1
	Hope Mauritania	5,281	7.71	1
	Democratic Alternation Pole (Sawab–RAG)	3,379	4.93	1
	El Karama	2,880	4.21	1
	Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal	2,334	3.41	0
	El Islah	2,151	3.14	0
	People's Progressive Alliance	1,774	2.59	0
	National Democratic Alliance	1,510	2.20	0
	Mauritanian Party of Union and Change	1,460	2.13	0
	Nida El Watan	1,437	2.10	0
	Union for Democracy and Progress	1,378	2.01	0
	Union of the Forces of Progress	1,258	1.84	0
	State of Justice	1,051	1.53	0
	Centre through Action for Progress	711	1.04	0
	El Ravah	689	1.01	0
	National Cohesion for Rights and the Construction of Generations	595	0.87	0
	El Vadila	495	0.72	0
	Rally of Democratic Forces	478	0.70	0
	Party of the Mauritanian Masses	472	0.69	0
	Party of Unity and Development	448	0.65	0
	Party of Construction and Progress	445	0.65	0
	Party of Conciliation and Prosperity	387	0.57	0
	Burst of Youth for the Nation	282	0.41	0
Blank votes		1,768	2.58	–
Total		68,486	100.00	7
Valid votes		68,486	86.10
Invalid votes		11,052	13.90
Total votes		79,538	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		119,367	66.63
Source: National Independent Election Commission