Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal

The Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Arabic: الحزب الجمهوري للديموقراطية والتجديد; French: Parti républicain pour la démocratie et le renouvellement, PRDR) is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (French: Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social, PRDS) the party changed its identity and adjusted its political stance after the 2005 coup.[1] Formerly very supportive of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and his pro-Israeli policy, after the August 2005 coup the party denounced Taya's policies and the mid-2006 Israeli military campaign in Lebanon.

Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal
الحزب الجمهوري للديموقراطية والتجديد
Parti républicain pour la
démocratie et le renouvellement
LeaderMentate Mint Hdeide
FounderMaaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Founded1992 (1992)
Dissolved19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Pro-Western sentiment
Political positionRight-wing
National Assembly
0 / 176
Regional councils
1 / 285
Mayors
1 / 238
Website
www.prdr.mr

In the 2001 parliamentary elections the party won 64 out of 81 seats.

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, one of the bloc's members, was nominated as Prime Minister a few days after the 2005 coup.[2]

The now PRDR won seven seats in the November–December 2006 parliamentary election[3] and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections, 3 out of 56 seats.

As of 2008, the PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall.[4]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 345,583 62.7% Elected Green tickY
1997 801,190 90.9% Elected Green tickY
2003 438,915 67% Elected Green tickY

National Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 301,349 67.7%
67 / 79
 Increase 67 Increase 1st Supermajority government
1996 352,482 67.6%
70 / 79
 Increase 3 Steady 1st Supermajority government
2001 285,623 57.0%
64 / 81
 Decrease 6 Steady 1st Supermajority government
2006
7 / 95
 Decrease 57 Decrease 4th Opposition
2013 Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall 27,619 4.6%
3 / 146
 Decrease 4 Decrease 14th Opposition
2018 National PR seats 5,533 0.79%
0 / 157
 Decrease 3 Decrease 25th Extra-parliamentary
Women's seats 8,315 1.20%

Senate elections
Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
2007 231 6.46%
3 / 56
 Increase 3 Increase 4th Opposition

References
  1. "Coup ousts West-leaning leader of Mauritania". NBC News. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. "Tensions Ease in Mauritania After Coup Leaders Name PM". VOA. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  3. IPU PARLINE page on 2006 parliamentary election.
  4. "Mauritanie: La coalition Mithaq réclame la démission du gouvernement", Panapress (lemali.fr), March 9, 2008 (in French).


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