Regional Council of Nouakchott

The Regional Council of Nouakchott is the elected assembly of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.
It has been led since its creation by Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, of El Insaf.

History

Regional councils were first elected in Mauritania in 2018 following a 2017 constitutional referendum that abolished the Senate, replacing it with regional councils in every wilaya, with the city of Nouakchott getting a single Regional Council replacing the Urban Community of Nouakchott.

Regional councils in Mauritania were previously elected using the proportional representation system of the largest remainder method with two rounds. In the first round, voters chose from one of several lists running. If one list obtained an absolute majority of votes, the council seats were then distributed proportionally. If not, a second round was to be held between the two largest lists. The president of the Regional Council was elected by the Regional Council from one of their members.

On 26 September 2022 all Mauritanian political parties reached an agreement sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization to reform the election system ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of meetings between all parties.
In this election, regional councils are elected in a single round using proportional representation through the largest remainder method, with no threshold being applied. The head of the list that gets the most votes automatically becomes president of the regional council.