El Islah

Political party in Mauritania

El Islah (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح, romanized: ḥizb 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 was legally recognised on 4 August 2007 after having been rejected by the transitional junta due to it considering some of its leaders too close to the government of the deposed president Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.[2]

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

Several parties merged into El Islah in 2020:

  • The Democratic National Convergence (CDN), led by the former Minister of Justice Mahfoudh Ould Bettah, joined El Islah on 29 July 2020.[5]
  • The Party of Civilisation and Development (PCD), led by Hamma Ould Soueilem, joined El Islah on 20 August 2020.[6]
  • The Mauritanian Hope Party (PEM), led by Tahiya Mint El Habib, joined El Islah on 3 September 2020.[7]

In the 2023 parliamentary elections El Islah won six seats.[8]

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. ^ "موريتانيا ترخص لـ18 حزبا سياسيا أحدها إسلامي" [Mauretania licenses 18 political parties, one of which is Islamist]. Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ^ Strong participation by "El Islah" party in the legislative and municipal elections of 23 November RapideInfo, 13 November 2013
  4. ^ Elections held in 2013 IPU
  5. ^ "موريتانيا.. حزب «اللقاء» يعلن الاندماج في حزب «الإصلاح»" [Mauritania.. CDN announces its integration into El Islah]. SaharaMedias (in Arabic). 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  6. ^ "اندماج حزب الحضارة والتنمية في حزب الاصلاح" [Integration of the Party of Civilisation and Development into El Islah]. Mauritanian News Agency (in Arabic). 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  7. ^ "حزب الأمل الموريتاني يعلن الاندماج في حزب الإصلاح" [The Mauritanian Hope Party announces its integration into El Islah]. Mourassiloun (in Arabic). 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  8. ^ "Mauritanie : une élection ne fait pas le printemps". L’Anticapitaliste (in French). 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
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