REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH 2007 =================================================================== Source: African Elections website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * APP – Alliance populaire pour le progrès (Popular Alliance for Progress) * RFD - Regroupement des forces démocratiques (Rally of Democratic Forces) * UFP - Union des forces du progrès (Union of the Forces for Progress) FIRST ROUND (11 MARCH 2007) =================================================================== Registered voters 1,133,152 Votes cast 794,979 70.2 Invalid votes 54,129 06.8 Valid votes 740,850 93.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi 183,726 24.8 Ahmed Ould Daddah RFD 153,252 20.7 Zeine Ould Zeidane 113,182 15.3 Messaoud Ould Boulkheir APP 72,493 09.8 Ibrahima Moctar Sarr 58,878 07.9 Saleh Ould Hanenna 56,700 07.7 Mohamed Ould Maouloud UFP 30,254 04.1 Dahane Ould Ahmed Mahmoud 15,326 02.1 Mohamed Ould Cheikhna 14,200 01.9 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 12,813 01.7 Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ebi El Maali 10,868 01.5 9 others 19,158 02.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 740,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND ROUND (25 MARCH 2007) =================================================================== Registered voters 1,132,877 Votes cast 764,045 67.4 Invalid votes 57,340 07.5 Valid votes 706,705 92.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi 373,520 52.9 Ahmed Ould Daddah RFD 333,185 47.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 706,705 -------------------------------------------------------------------