El Islah

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El Islah
حزب الإصلاح
Parti El Islah
LeaderMohamed Ould Talebna
National affiliationCoordination of Parties of the Majority
Parliamentary groupTrust group
National Assembly
6 / 176
Regional councils
15 / 285
Mayors
10 / 238

El Islah (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح, romanizedḥizb al-iṣlāḥ, lit.'Reform Party') is a political party in Mauritania currently led by Mohamed Ould Talebna. As of 2023, the party has six seats in the National Assembly.[1]

History

The party joined the coalition supporting Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in March 2011.[2] It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] It retained its seat in the 2018 elections. In the 2023 parliamentary elections El Islah won six seats.[4]

Election results

National Assembly

Election Leader National list Seats +/– Status
Votes %
2013 Sidna Ould Maham 3,885 0.66%
1 / 146
Increase 1 Support
2018 Mohamed Ould Talebna 5,334 0.76%
1 / 157
Steady 0 Support
2023 31,877 3.28%
6 / 176
Increase 5 Support

References

  1. ^ "MyCeni - Résultats 2023". res-myceni.org. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. ^ Strong participation by "El Islah" party in the legislative and municipal elections of 23 November RapideInfo, 13 November 2013
  3. ^ Elections held in 2013 IPU
  4. ^ "Mauritanie : une élection ne fait pas le printemps". L’Anticapitaliste (in French). 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-09-21.