1961 Mauritanian presidential election information
1961 Mauritanian presidential election
20 August 1961 (1961-08-20)
1966 →
Registered
397,588
Turnout
93.52%
Candidate
Mokhtar Ould Daddah
Party
PRM
Popular vote
370,970
Percentage
100%
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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Mauritania on 20 August 1961 to elect the President for the next five years. Moktar Ould Daddah, who had been acting head of state since independence from France in 1960 was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed. Although he was a member of the ruling Mauritanian Regroupment Party, his candidacy was also supported by the Mauritanian National Union.[1] Voter turnout was 94%.[2]
The elections were the last multi party elections held in the country until 1992 as a constitutional amendment in 1964 declared the nation a one-party state, and during 1965 all parties merged with the ruling Mauritanian Assembly Party to form the Mauritanian People's Party.
^"Elections in Mauritania". African Elections Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael; Thibaut, Bernhard (1999). Elections in Africa: A data handbook. p. 594. ISBN 0-19-829645-2.
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