Mauritanian People's Party
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| Founder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
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| Founded | November 1960 |
| Banned | 10 July 1978 |
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| Headquarters | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
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Mauritanian People's Party (PPM, French: Parti du peuple mauritanien; Arabic: حزب الشعب الموريتاني, romanized: Hizb al-Sha'ab al-Muritaniy) was the sole legal party of Mauritania from 1961 to 1978. It was headed by President Moktar Ould Daddah.
Daddah founded the party shortly after Mauritania's independence from France in November 1960 by merging his Mauritanian Regroupment Party with opposition parties including Association de la Jeunesse Mauritanienne, Nahda, the Mauritanian National Union, and the Socialist Union of Mauritanian Muslims.[1] The parties were united at a meeting of their political leadership in December 1961, and Daddah proceeded to enact a range of repressive laws, banning alternative political parties and bestowing virtually unlimited power upon the presidency.
Following the 10 July 1978 coup led by Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritania's civilian leadership was replaced with military rule and the party was abolished and banned.[2]
Electoral history
[edit]Presidential elections
[edit]| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 1966 | Moktar Ould Daddah | 471,577 | 100% | Elected 
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| 1971 | 512,708 | 100% | Elected
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| 1976 | 630,635 | 100% | Elected
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National Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |
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| 1965 | Moktar Ould Daddah | 445,844 | 100% | 40 / 40
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Sole legal party |
| 1971 | 504,406 | 100% | 50 / 50
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Sole legal party | |
| 1975 | 574,758 | 100% | 70 / 70
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Sole legal party | |
| 1976 (by-election) | 100% | 7 / 7
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Sole legal party |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pazzanita, Anthony G (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780810830950.
- ^ Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh (Spring 2010). "Sozialstrukturen und politische Macht in Mauretanien". inamo (61): 4f.
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