Next_Mauritanian_presidential_election
2024 Mauritanian presidential election
Upcoming Mauritanian presidential election
Presidential elections are expected to be held in Mauritania on 22 June 2024.[1][2]
Under Article 26 of the constitution the president is elected for a five-year term using the two round system. If no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes.[3]
Candidacy is restricted to citizens by birth aged between 40 and 75 (on the day of the first round) who have not had their civil and political rights removed. Article 23 also stipulates that the president has to be a Muslim. Article 28 establishes a term limit of two mandates, allowing the president to only be re-elected once.[3]
The election of a new president is required to take place between 30 and 45 days before the expiration of the term of the incumbent president.[3]
Declared
- Biram Dah Abeid, deputy of the National Assembly since 2018 and candidate in 2014 and 2019.[4]
- El Id Ould Mohameden, deputy of the National Assembly since 2018.[5][6]
- Mohamed Ould Cheikh, journalist and political analyst.[7]
Potential
- Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, former General, President of Mauritania since 2019.[8]
Ineligible
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former General, President of Mauritania from 2008 until 2019.[9] He was sentenced to five years in jail and the loss of his civil rights, making him ineligible to run for president.[10]
- "Barlaman Today - Mauritania: CENI Announces Presidential Election for June". Barlaman Today. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- "لجنة الانتخابات تحدد 22 يونيو موعدا للانتخابات الرئاسية" [The Election Commission sets 22 June as the date for the presidential election]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- "دستور الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية" [Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania]. Parliament of Mauritania (in Arabic). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- Biram Dah Abeid (18 April 2022). بيرام اعبيدي: سننجح في رئاسيات 2024 ولن نقبل بإفساد نجاحنا [Biram Abeid: We will succeed in the 2024 presidential [election], and we will not accept [the] spoiling [of] our success] (Facebook Watch video) (in Hassaniya Arabic). Guidimaka, Mauritania: Al Akhbar. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Saalem, Ahmedou (19 April 2021). "النائب العيد ولد محمدن ينوي الترشح للانتخابات الرئاسية المقبلة" [Deputy El Id Ould Mohameden intends to run for the upcoming presidential elections] (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "النائب العيد محمدن يعلن ترشحه للرئاسيات المقبلة" [Deputy El Id Ould Mohameden announces his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- "الدكتور محمد الشيخ يعلن ترشحه لرئاسيات 2024 (فيديو)" [Dr. Mohamed Cheikh announces his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election (video)] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- "ولد الغزواني حول ترشحه: الوقت الآن للعمل وشعبنا ذكي ولديه وعي" [Ould Ghazouani about his candidacy: Now is the time to work and our people are smart and have awareness] (in Arabic). SaharaMedias. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- Aïdara, Cheikh (2 October 2022). "Biramania ou les soubresauts d'une pré-campagne électorale vitale pour le système politique actuel et le retour de Aziz" [Biramania or the upheavals of a vital pre-election campaign for the current political system and the return of Aziz] (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- "سجن ولد عبد العزيز 5 سنوات وتبرئة بعض المتهمين في ملف العشرية" [Ould Abdel Aziz imprisoned for 5 years and some charges were acquitted in the "case of the decade"] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.