Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A presidential election was held in Mauritania on November 7 2003. As expected, President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was easily re-elected against weak opposition. National summary Votes cast 673,591 Invalid votes 15,443 02.3 Valid votes cast 658,148 97.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Messaoud Ould Boulkheir 33,089 05.0 Ahmed Ould Daddah 45,314 06.9 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 123,244 18.7 Aïcha Mint Jedaane 3,100 00.5 Moulaye Elhacen Ould Jeid 9,768 01.5 Maaouya Ould Sid' Ahmed TAYA PRDS 438,915 66.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 658,148 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Ambaki Dakar website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.