2006 Mauritanian constitutional referendum
25 June 2006 (2006-06-25)
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 712,214 96.95%
No 10,482 1.43%
Blank votes 11,951 1.63%
Valid votes 734,647 97.10%
Invalid votes 21,914 2.90%
Total votes 756,561 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 989,664 76.45%

A constitutional referendum was held in Mauritania on June 25, 2006 and approved by nearly 97% of voters. Following the August 2005 ousting of long-time president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the new transitional military regime called the referendum on a new constitution, which limited presidents to two five-year terms; previously presidential terms were six years and there was no limit on re-election.[1] The new constitution also established a maximum age limit of 75 for presidential candidates.[2]

Results

ChoiceVotes%
For712,21496.95
Against10,4821.43
Blank11,9511.63
Total734,647100.00
Valid votes734,64797.10
Invalid votes21,9142.90
Total votes756,561100.00
Registered voters/turnout989,66476.45
Source: Official Journal

References

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  1. ↑ "Mauritania's constitution gets 96.96% yes vote" Archived 2006-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Middle East Online, June 28, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Military junta launches pro-democracy poll", The New Humanitarian, June 23, 2006.
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