Democratic Alternation Pole

Democratic Alternation Pole

قطب التناوب الديمقراطي
Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
Democratic Alternation Pole قطب التناوب الديمقراطي; Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
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
	Politics of Mauritania; Political parties; Elections;

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

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

Party		Leader
	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

President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Election year	Candidate	1st round			2nd round			Result	Winning candidate
Election year	Candidate	Votes	%	Rank	Votes	%	Rank	Result	Winning candidate
2019	Biram Dah Abeid	172,649	18.59%	2nd	—			Lost	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
2024	Biram Dah Abeid	218,427	22.10%	2nd	—			Lost	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

National Assembly

National Assembly
Election	Party leader	National list		Seats	+/–	Government
Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2018	Biram Dah Abeid	12,265	1.75%	3 / 157	3	Opposition
2023	Biram Dah Abeid	39,807	4.10%	5 / 176	2	Opposition

References

^ "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.

[RFI-1] "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.

[2] "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.

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