Presidential elections were held in Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

 on 24 January 1992. They followed the constitutional referendum

Mauritanian constitutional referendum, 1991

A constitutional referendum were held in Mauritania on 12 July 1991. The new constitution would restore multi-party democracy for the first time since the 1960s, as well as creating a bicameral Parliament with a Senate and National Assembly. The constitution would not include term limits for the...

 the previous year that resulted in the reintroduction of multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. The result was a victory for incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya , was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1981 to 1984 and president from 1984 to 2005. He guided Mauritania from military rule to democracy, and took a pro-Western stance in foreign affairs...

 of the Democratic and Social Republican Party

Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal

The Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party , , the grouping has changed its identity and adjusted its political stance following the 2005 coup...

, who defeated three other candidates with 62.7% of the vote. Voter turnout was just 47.4%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya , was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1981 to 1984 and president from 1984 to 2005. He guided Mauritania from military rule to democracy, and took a pro-Western stance in foreign affairs...	Democratic and Social Republican Party Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal The Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party , , the grouping has changed its identity and adjusted its political stance following the 2005 coup...	345,583	62.7
Ahmed Ould Daddah Ahmed Ould Daddah Ahmed Ould Daddah is a Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant. He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and belongs to the Marabout Ouled Birri tribe...	Union of Democratic Forces Union of Democratic Forces (Mauritania) The Union of Democratic Forces-New Era was a political party in Mauritania, founded in 1991. The secretary-general of the party was Ahmed Ould Daddah...	180,658	32.8
Moustapha Ould Mohamed Saleck	Independent	15,735	2.9
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mah	Popular Social and Democratic Union	7,506	1.4
Invalid/blank votes		11,314
Total		560,796	100
Source: Nohlen et al