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Mauritania Detailed Election Results
 
Political Parties: PRDS – Democratic and Social Republican Party, UFD – Union of Democratic Forces, UPSD – Popular Social and Democratic Union.
 
24 JANUARY 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Region Candidate (Party) Total Valid Votes
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (PRDS) Ahmed Ould Daddah
(UFD)
Moustapha Ould Mohamed Saleck Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah
(UPSD)
Adrar 17,182 (85.06%) 1,787 (8.85%) 1,003 (4.97%) 228 (1.13%) 20,200
Assaba 31,304 (73.17%) 9,014 (21.07%) 1,948 (4.55%) 516 (1.21%) 42,782
Brakna 30,248 (61.42%) 17,443 (35.42%) 1,001 (2.03%) 556 (1.13%) 49,248
Dakhlet Nouadhibou 17,092 (49.72%) 15,356 (44.67%) 1,320 (3.84%) 606 (1.76%) 34,374
Gorgol 16,179 (47.90%) 16,888 (50.00%) 360 (1.07%) 348 (1.03%) 33,775
Guidimaka 12,713 (46.94%) 13,608 (50.25%) 441 (1.63%) 321 (1.19%) 27,083
Hodh Ech Chargui 52,440 (85.56%) 5,285 (8.62%) 2,771 (4.52%) 795 (1.30%) 61,291
Hodh El Gharbi 54,342 (84.42%) 7,507 (11.66%) 1,903 (2.96%) 618 (0.96%) 64,370
Inchiri 2,926 (72.68%) 823 (20.44%) 168 (4.17%) 109 (2.71%) 4,026
Nouakchott 53,479 (47.06%) 55,203 (48.57%) 2,923 (2.57%) 2,046 (1.80%) 113,651
Tagant 18,089 (81.65%) 3,407 (15.38%) 425 (1.92%) 233 (1.05%) 22,154
Tiris Zemmour 7,506 (64.20%) 3,598 (30.78%) 460 (3.93%) 127 (1.09%) 11,691
Trarza 32,083 (49.48%) 30,739 (47.41%) 1,012 (1.56%) 1,003 (1.55%) 64,837
National Total 345,583 (62.89%) 180,658 (32.88%) 15,735 (2.86%) 7,506 (1.37%) 549,482