Mauritanian People's Party

Mauritanian People's Party (PPM, French: Parti du peuple mauritanien; Arabic: حزب الشعب الموريتاني, romanized: Hizb Al-Sha'ab Al-Muritaniy) was the sole legal party of Mauritania from 1961 to 1978. It was headed by President Moktar Ould Daddah.

Mauritanian People's Party حزب الشعب الموريتاني Parti du peuple mauritanien
Founder	Moktar Ould Daddah
Founded	November 1960; 64 years ago (November 1960)
Banned	10 July 1978; 46 years ago (10 July 1978)
Preceded by	PRM AJM Nahda UNM USMM
Headquarters	Nouakchott, Mauritania
Ideology	Authoritarianism Nationalism Centralism Islamic socialism Mauritanian irredentism
Politics of Mauritania Political parties Elections

Daddah founded the party shortly after Mauritania's independence from France in November 1960 by merging his Mauritanian Regroupment Party with opposition parties including Association de la Jeunesse Mauritanienne, Nahda, the Union National Mauritanienne, and the Union Socialiste des Musulmans Mauritaniens.^[1] The parties were united at a meeting of their political leadership in December 1961, and Daddah proceeded to enact a range of repressive laws, banning alternative political parties and bestowing virtually unlimited power upon the presidency.

Following the 10 July 1978 coup led by Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritania's civilian leadership was replaced with military rule and the party was abolished and banned.^[2]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1966	Moktar Ould Daddah	471,577	100%	Elected Y
1971		512,708	100%	Elected Y
1976		630,635	100%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1965	Moktar Ould Daddah	445,844	100%	40 / 40	40	1st	Sole legal party
1971		504,406	100%	50 / 50	10	1st	Sole legal party
1975		574,758	100%	70 / 70	20	1st	Sole legal party
1976 (by-election)			100%	7 / 7	7	1st	Sole legal party

See also

• List of Islamic political parties

References

1. Pazzanita, Anthony G (1996). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 9780810830950.
2. Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh: Sozialstrukturen und politische Macht in Mauretanien. In: inamo 61, Frühjahr 2010, S. 4f