Ghazouani secured 56.12 % of the vote, properly forward of his rival Biram Dah Abeid, says the electoral fee.
Incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has gained Mauritania’s presidential election, securing a second time period, in accordance with the nation’s Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (CENI).
Ghazouani, 67, gained 56.12 % of the votes within the first spherical of the presidential ballot, properly forward of his essential rival, anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid, who gained 22.10 %, CENI mentioned on Monday.
Ghazouani’s different essential rival, Hamadi Ould Sid’ El Moctar, who heads the Tewassoul get together, got here third with 12.78 %, in accordance with CENI.
Saturday’s presidential election had an total turnout of 55.39 %, decrease than in 2019.
However opponent Abeid mentioned he wouldn’t recognise the outcomes of CENI, which he accused of being manipulated by the federal government.
A few of Abeid’s supporters demonstrated within the capital Nouakchott late on Sunday, burning tyres and disrupting site visitors.
“We did the whole lot we might to arrange the circumstances for an excellent election and we have been comparatively profitable. I congratulate everybody,” CENI chief Dah Ould Abdel Jelil advised journalists.
The election victory offers former military chief Ghazouani, 67, a second time period as head of the huge desert nation, seen as comparatively steady in Africa’s unstable Sahel area and set to turn into a fuel producer.
He has presided over a interval of relative stability since 2019, as Sahel neighbours, together with Mali, battle with violence with the rise of armed teams which have led to navy coups.
Mauritania has not recorded an assault on its soil in recent times and Ghazouani, who presently chairs the African Union, has promised to handle threats from such teams.
Ghazouani has additionally made serving to the younger a key precedence in a rustic with a inhabitants of 4.9 million, the place nearly three-quarters of individuals are beneath age 35.
After a primary time period hit by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the warfare in Ukraine, the incumbent says he hopes to make extra reforms because of a beneficial financial outlook.
Ghazouani had additionally pledged to spend money on renewable vitality and increase gold, uranium and iron-ore mining.