Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal
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Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal الحزب الجمهوري للديموقراطية والتجديد Parti républicain pour la démocratie et le renouvellement | |
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| Secretary-General | Mintata Mint Hedeid |
| Founder | Mu'awiya al-Taya |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Dissolved | 19 October 2023 |
| Headquarters | Nouakchott |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Pro-Western sentiment |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National Assembly | 0 / 176
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| Regional councils | 1 / 285
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| Mayors | 1 / 238
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The Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Arabic: الحزب الجمهوري للديموقراطية والتجديد; French: Parti républicain pour la démocratie et le renouvellement, PRDR) was a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social, PRDS) the party changed its identity and adjusted its political stance after the 2005 coup.[1] Formerly very supportive of President Mu'awiya al-Taya and his policies, after the August 2005 coup, the party denounced Taya's policies and the mid-2006 Israeli military campaign in Lebanon.
In the 2001 parliamentary elections, the party won 64 out of 81 seats.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, one of the bloc's members, was nominated as Prime Minister a few days after the 2005 coup.[2]
The now-PRDR won seven seats in the November–December 2006 parliamentary election[3] and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections, three out of 56 seats.
As of 2008[update], the PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall.[4]
Electoral history
[edit]Presidential elections
[edit]| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 1992 | Mu'awiya al-Taya | 345,583 | 62.7% | Elected 
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| 1997 | 801,190 | 90.9% | Elected
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| 2003 | 438,915 | 67% | Elected
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National Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result | |
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| 1992 | Mu'awiya al-Taya | 301,349 | 67.7% |
67 / 79
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 67
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1st
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Supermajority government | |
| 1996 | 352,482 | 67.6% |
70 / 79
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3
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 1st
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Supermajority government | ||
| 2001 | 285,623 | 57.0%[citation needed] |
64 / 81
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 6
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1st
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Supermajority government | ||
| 2006 |
7 / 95
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57
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4th
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Opposition | ||||
| 2013 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall | 27,619 | 4.6% | 3 / 146
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4
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14th
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Opposition | |
| 2018 | National PR seats | 5,533 | 0.79% | 0 / 157
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3
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25th
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| Women's seats | 8,315 | 1.20% | ||||||
Senate elections
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
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| 2007 | 231 | 6.46% | 3 / 56
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3
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4th
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Opposition |
References
[edit]- ^ "Coup ousts West-leaning leader of Mauritania". NBC News. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "Tensions Ease in Mauritania After Coup Leaders Name PM". VOA. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ IPU PARLINE page on 2006 parliamentary election.
- ^ "Mauritanie: La coalition Mithaq réclame la démission du gouvernement", Panapress (lemali.fr), March 9, 2008 (in French).
External links
[edit]| Represented in the National Assembly (176 seats) |
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| Parties dissolved after the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election | |||||||
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