| Country: | Mauritania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Name: | 2018 Nouakchott regional election |
| Election Date: | (first round) (second round) |
| Next Election: | 2023 Nouakchott regional election |
| Time Zone: | GMT |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 37 seats in the Regional Council of Nouakchott |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Turnout: | 63.73% (first round) 40.76% (second round) |
| Candidate1: | Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick |
| Party1: | Union for the Republic (Mauritania) |
| Popular Vote1: | 50,435 |
| Percentage1: | 49.09% |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Candidate2: | Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour |
| Party2: | National Rally for Reform and Development |
| Alliance2: | FNDU |
| Popular Vote2: | 48,188 |
| Percentage2: | 46.90% |
| Seats2: | 18 |
| President of the Regional Council | |
| After Election: | Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick |
| After Party: | UPR |
Regional elections were held on 1 September 2018, with a second round on 15 September 2018, to elect the 37 members of the newly-formed Regional Council of Nouakchott, created after the 2017 Mauritanian constitutional referendum in replacement of the Senate and the Urban Community of Nouakchott. They were part of the 2018 Mauritanian regional elections.
Ex-mayor of Tevragh-Zeina Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, running for the ruling party Union for the Republic won a narrow majority on the second round against Mohamed Jamil Ould Mansour, the opposition-backed candidate and previous leader of the Islamist Tewassoul party.
Mint Abdel Malick was first presented as candidate of the Union for the Republic on 8 July 2018 together with the rest of candidates to head the regional councils of the country.[1]
Regional councils in Mauritania are elected using the proportional representation system of the largest remainder method with two rounds. In the first round, voters choose from one of several lists running. If one list obtains an absolute majority of votes, the council seats would be then distributed proportionally. If not, a second round must be held between the two largest lists. The president of the Regional Council is elected by the Regional Council from one of their members.
Below is a list of members elected to the first Regional Council of Nouakchott and the party/coalition they were elected with.[2]
| Member | Alliance | Party | Gender | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick | UPR | UPR | F | ||
| Hemine Sidi Kedat | M | ||||
| Aissata El Hadj Diallo | F | ||||
| Mohamed Salem Habiboullah | M | ||||
| Hawa Mohamed Al Amine | F | ||||
| El Hadj El Man Jidou | M | ||||
| Zeinabou Cheikh Ahmed | F | ||||
| Ishemkhou Mahfouh Aleyou | M | ||||
| Hawa Yoro Dia | F | ||||
| Hamadi Mahfouh Bekaye | M | ||||
| Toutou Mohamed Mahmoud Regad | F | ||||
| Sadne Mouhamed Ahmed Vali | M | ||||
| Amar El Weli Elati | M | ||||
| Cheikhna Guewad Ahmed Benane | M | ||||
| Cheikh Bocar Thiam | M | ||||
| Mohamed Lemine Maaloum Vadel | M | ||||
| El Bekaye Ahmed Lkweri | M | ||||
| Mohamed Lemine Abdelkadr Bakayoko | M | ||||
| Abdel Wedoud Mouhamdi Abdel Wedoud | M | ||||
| Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour | FNDU | Tewassoul | M | ||
| Ndeye Mbathio Niang | MPR | F | |||
| Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi | El Moustaghbel | M | |||
| Mohamed Sid’Ahmed | UFP | M | |||
| Khadije Dahman Jewde | Tewassoul | F | |||
| Abou Hassan Dia | PNDD-ADIL | M | |||
| Toumeneu Deye Zeine | Tewassoul | F | |||
| Mohamed Mahmoud Memed | HATEM | M | |||
| Hawa Diallo | UFP | F | |||
| Saidou Mamadou Kane | MPR | M | |||
| Marieme Tayfour | El Moustaghbel | F | |||
| Hassan Mohamed El Abd | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Zeinabou Sid’Ahmed | PNDD-ADIL | F | |||
| Abdalaye Camara | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed El Mokhtar | HATEM | M | |||
| Dolo Mbow | Tewassoul | M | |||
| Abdallahi Merzouk Baba | UFP | M | |||
| Mohamed Massoud | El Moustaghbel | M | |||