Country: | Mauritania |
Flag Year: | 1959 |
Previous Election: | 1975 |
Next Election: | 1996 |
Election Date: | 6 March 1992 (first round) |
Seats For Election: | All 79 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 40 |
Turnout: | 38.86% |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Democratic and Social Republican Party |
Leader1: | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |
Percentage1: | 67.67 |
Seats1: | 67 |
Party3: | Rally for Democracy and Unity |
Leader3: | Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba |
Percentage3: | 7.37 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Party4: | Mauritanian Party for Renewal |
Leader4: | Mulay Ould Jiyed |
Percentage4: | 0.72 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Party5: | Independents |
Leader5: | – |
Percentage5: | 21.48 |
Seats5: | 10 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister-designate |
Before Election: | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |
Before Party: | PRDS |
After Election: | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar |
After Party: | PRDS |
Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 6 March 1992, with a second round on 13 March. They were the first National Assembly elections after the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic and Social Republican Party, which won 67 of the 79 seats in the Assembly.[1] Voter turnout was just 39%.[2]