Democratic Alternation Pole

Democratic Alternation Pole

قطب التناوب الديمقراطي
Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
Democratic Alternation Pole قطب التناوب الديمقراطي; Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
Abbreviation	Sawab–RAG
Leader	Biram Dah Abeid
Founded	31 May 2018
Headquarters	Nouakchott
Ideology	Anti-establishment; Factions:; Anti-slavery; Haratine interests; Arab nationalism; Ba'athism; Saddamism
Parliamentary group	Non-attached
Members	See composition
National Assembly	5 / 176
Regional councils	12 / 285
Mayors	1 / 238
Election symbol
	Politics of Mauritania; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Alternation Pole (Arabic: قطب التناوب الديمقراطي, romanized: qiṭb at-tanāwwub ad-dīmuqrāṭi, French: Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique) is a Mauritanian political coalition between Sawab and the legally unrecognized Refoundation for a Global Action parties founded on 31 May 2018 ahead of the 2018 parliamentary and 2019 presidential elections.

History[edit]

The alliance was founded on 31 May 2018 as a pragmatic alliance between the Ba'athist Sawab and the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) led by anti-slavery and Haratine interests activist Biram Dah Abeid, who saw his Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG) party legally unrecognized by the Ministry of Interior, thus not being allowed to contest elections on its own.^[1]^[2]

Composition[edit]

Party		Leader
	Sawab	Abdesselam Ould Horma
	Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG)	Oumar Ould Yali
Organisations
	Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA)	Biram Dah Abeid

Electoral performance[edit]

President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Election year	Candidate	1st round			2nd round			Result	Winning candidate
Election year	Candidate	Votes	%	Rank	Votes	%	Rank	Result	Winning candidate
2019	Biram Dah Abeid	172,649	18.59%	2nd	—			Lost	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
2024	Biram Dah Abeid	TBA

National Assembly[edit]

National Assembly
Election	Party leader	National list		Seats	+/–	Government
Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2018	Biram Dah Abeid	12,265	1.75%	3 / 157	3	Opposition
2023	Biram Dah Abeid	39,807	4.10%	5 / 176	2	Opposition

References[edit]

^ "Mauritanie: le mouvement anti-esclavagiste IRA se trouve un parti politique" [Mauritania: the anti-slavery movement IRA finds itself a political party] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "الصواب والكتلة الداعمة لزعيم "إيرا" يتحالفان لخوض استحقاقات 2018" [Sawab and the bloc supporting the IRA leader ally to compete in the 2018 elections] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[RFI-1] "Mauritanie: le mouvement anti-esclavagiste IRA se trouve un parti politique" [Mauritania: the anti-slavery movement IRA finds itself a political party] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[2] "الصواب والكتلة الداعمة لزعيم "إيرا" يتحالفان لخوض استحقاقات 2018" [Sawab and the bloc supporting the IRA leader ally to compete in the 2018 elections] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

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