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Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 17 May 1959. The result was a victory for the Mauritanian Regroupment Party, which was the only party to contest the elections, thereby winning all 40 seats in the National Assembly.[1] Voter turnout was 90.3%.[2]
The elections were the last to be held in pre-independence Mauritania, which achieved full independence on 28 November 1960.
- ^ "Elections in Mauritania". African Elections Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ Nohlen, D; Krennerich, M; Thibaut, B (1999). Elections in Africa: A data handbook. p. 594. ISBN 0-19-829645-2.