At Stake in this Election:

• The office of the President of Mauritania

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ*
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Ould El BECHIR
• Assembly: Mauritania has a bicameral Parliament (Barlamane) consisting of the Senate (Majlis al-Shuyukh) with 56 seats and the National Assembly (Al Jamiya Al Wataniya) with 146 seats.

* Current President Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ has served the maximum two terms and is ineligible to run in this election.

Electoral System:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve up to two five-year terms. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round, a second round is held between the top two candidates.

Main Candidates in this Election:

• Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed AHMED Ould Ghazouani
  • Party: Union for the Republic / Union pour la Republique (UPR)
• Sidi Mohamed Ould BOUBACAR
  • Party: Tewassoul
• Mohamed Ould MOULOUD
  • Party: Progressive Union of Forces of Progress / Rassemblement des forces democratiques (RFD)
• Biram Dah ABEID
  • Party: Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement / Initiative pour la Resurgence du mouvement Abolitioniste (IRA)
• Kane Hamidou BABA
  • Party: Living Together
• Mohamed Lemine El-Mourtaji El-WAFI
  • Party: Independent

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 4,661,149 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 1,417,823 (2018)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,310,527 (2019 est.)
• Is Mauritania a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Mauritania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (10 May 2001)
• Gender Quota: Yes
• Female candidates in this election: No
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 17 Assembly (following the 2006 elections); 10 Senate (following the 2007 elections)
• Human Development Index Position: 159 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A (Very High 2014)

Disability Data:

• Is Mauritania a signatory to CRPD: No
• Has Mauritania ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (3 April 2012)
• Population with a disability: 539,505 (est.)