El Vadila

Political party in Mauritania

El Vadila (Arabic: حزب الفضيلة, romanized: ḥizb al-vaḍīla, lit. 'Virtue Party') is an Islamist[1][2] political party in Mauritania, led by Ethmane Ould Ahmed Aboulmaaly.

History

The party was officially registered in 2006.[2] It won three seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[3] Although it lost all three seats in the 2018 elections, it won two seats in the 2023 elections.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mauritania's Islamists The Carnegie Papers
  2. ^ a b Matthijs Bogaards, Matthias Basedau, Christof Hartmann (2013) Ethnic Party Bans in Africa, Routledge, p34
  3. ^ Elections held in 2013 IPU
  4. ^ "Résultats 2023". CENI. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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Represented in the National Assembly (176 seats)
Government
  • El Insaf (107)
  • UDP (10)
Supporting
  • AND (6)
  • El Islah (6)
  • El Karama (5)
  • Nida El Watan (5)
  • HATEM (3)
  • HIWAR (3)
  • El Vadila (3)
  • PMM (1)
Opposition
Represented in regional councils
Other legally recognised parties
  • PCP