Democratic Alternation Pole
Democratic Alternation Pole قطب التناوب الديمقراطي Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique | |
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Abbreviation | Sawab–RAG |
Leader | Biram Dah Abeid |
Founded | 31 May 2018 |
Headquarters | Nouakchott |
Ideology | Anti-establishment Factions: Anti-slavery Haratine interests Arab nationalism Ba'athism Saddamism |
Parliamentary group | Non-attached |
Members | See composition |
National Assembly | 5 / 176 |
Regional councils | 12 / 285 |
Mayors | 1 / 238 |
Election symbol | |
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The Democratic Alternation Pole (Arabic: قطب التناوب الديمقراطي, romanized: qiṭb at-tanāwwub ad-dīmuqrāṭi, French: Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique) is a Mauritanian political coalition between Sawab and the legally unrecognized Refoundation for a Global Action parties founded on 31 May 2018 ahead of the 2018 parliamentary and 2019 presidential elections.
History
[edit]The alliance was founded on 31 May 2018 as a pragmatic alliance between the Ba'athist Sawab and the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) led by anti-slavery and Haratine interests activist Biram Dah Abeid, who saw his Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG) party legally unrecognized by the Ministry of Interior, thus not being allowed to contest elections on its own.[1][2]
Composition
[edit]Party | Leader | |
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Sawab | Abdesselam Ould Horma | |
Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG) | Oumar Ould Yali | |
Organisations | ||
Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) | Biram Dah Abeid |
Electoral performance
[edit]Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | Result | Winning candidate | ||||
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Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank | ||||
2019 | Biram Dah Abeid | 172,649 | 18.59% | 2nd | — | Lost | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | ||
2024 | 218,427 | 22.10% | 2nd | — | Lost |
National Assembly
[edit]Election | Party leader | National list | Seats | +/– | Government | |
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Votes | % | |||||
2018 | Biram Dah Abeid | 12,265 | 1.75% | 3 / 157 | ![]() | Opposition |
2023 | 39,807 | 4.10% | 5 / 176 | ![]() | Opposition |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mauritanie: le mouvement anti-esclavagiste IRA se trouve un parti politique" [Mauritania: the anti-slavery movement IRA finds itself a political party] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "الصواب والكتلة الداعمة لزعيم "إيرا" يتحالفان لخوض استحقاقات 2018" [Sawab and the bloc supporting the IRA leader ally to compete in the 2018 elections] (in Arabic). Al Akhbar. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2024.