| Country: | Mauritania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Flag Year: | 1959 |
| Previous Election: | 1976 Mauritanian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1997 Mauritanian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
| Election Date: | 24 January 1992 |
| Image1: | Mauritania gov ould taya 210 eng 30apr05.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |
| Party1: | Democratic and Social Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 345,583 |
| Percentage1: | 62.89% |
| Nominee2: | Ahmed Ould Daddah |
| Party2: | Union of Democratic Forces (Mauritania) |
| Popular Vote2: | 180,658 |
| Percentage2: | 32.88% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |
| Before Party: | PRDS |
| After Election: | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |
| After Party: | PRDS |
Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of the Democratic and Social Republican Party, who defeated three other candidates with 62.9% of the vote.[1] Voter turnout was just 47.4%.[2]
| Wilaya | Sid'Ahmed Taya | Daddah | Salek | Mah | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adrar | 17,182 | 85.0 | 1,787 | 8.8 | 1,003 | 5.0 | 228 | 1.1 | |
| Assaba | 31,304 | 73.2 | 9,014 | 21.1 | 1,948 | 4.6 | 516 | 1.2 | |
| Brakna | 30,248 | 61.4 | 17,443 | 35.4 | 1,001 | 2.0 | 556 | 1.1 | |
| Dakhlet Nouadhibou | 17,092 | 49.7 | 15,356 | 44.7 | 1,320 | 3.8 | 606 | 1.8 | |
| Gorgol | 16,179 | 48.0 | 16,888 | 50.0 | 360 | 1.0 | 348 | 1.0 | |
| Guidimaka | 12,713 | 46.9 | 13,608 | 50.2 | 441 | 1.6 | 321 | 1.2 | |
| Hodh Ech Chargui | 52,440 | 85.6 | 5,285 | 8.6 | 2,771 | 4.5 | 795 | 1.3 | |
| Hodh El Gharbi | 54,342 | 84.4 | 7,507 | 11.7 | 1,903 | 3.0 | 618 | 1.0 | |
| Inchiri | 2,926 | 72.7 | 823 | 20.4 | 168 | 4.2 | 109 | 2.7 | |
| Nouakchott | 53,479 | 47.1 | 55,203 | 48.6 | 2,923 | 2.6 | 2,046 | 1.8 | |
| Tagant | 18,089 | 81.7 | 3,407 | 15.4 | 425 | 1.9 | 233 | 1.1 | |
| Tiris Zemmour | 7,506 | 64.2 | 3,598 | 30.8 | 460 | 3.9 | 127 | 1.1 | |
| Trarza | 32,083 | 49.5 | 30,739 | 47.4 | 1,012 | 1.6 | 1,003 | 1.5 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||||