Mauritania

التجمع الوطني للإصلاح والتنمية (تواصل)
at-tajammuʿ al-waṭani lil iṣlāḥ wat-tanmiya (tawāṣṣul)
Rassemblement National pour la Réforme et le Développement (RNRD/Tewassoul)
National Rally for Reform and Development

Leader: حمادي ولد سيدي المختار (Hamadi Ould Sidi Mokhtar)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamic democracy, moderate Islamism, social conservatism
Stance towards the government: Opposition
International affiliation: Muslim Brotherhood

الاتحاد من أجل الديمقراطية والتقدم
al-ittiḥād min ajl ad-dīmuqrāṭiya wat-taqaddum
Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès (UDP)
Union for Democracy and Progress

Leader: الناها منت مكناس (Naha Mint Mouknass)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Centrism, civic nationalism
Stance towards the government: In government
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: Centrist Democrat International

الجبهة الجمهورية من أجل الوحدة والديمقراطية
al-jabha al-jumhuriya min ajl al-wiḥda wad-dīmuqrāṭiya
Front Républicain pour l’Unité et la Démocratie (FRUD)
Republican Front for Unity and Democracy

Leader: Amadou Tijane Diop
Orientation: Black minority interests
Ideology: Black minority interests
Stance towards the government: Opposition
National affiliation: Alliance of People’s Forces (left-wing)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الإصلاح
ḥizb al-iṣlāḥ
Parti El Islah
Reform Party

Leader: محمد ولد طالبنا (Mohamed Ould Talebna)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Civic nationalism, reformism
Stance towards the government: In government
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

التحالف الوطني الديمقراطي
at-taḥāluf al-waṭani ad-dīmuqrāṭi
Alliance Nationale Démocratique (AND)
National Democratic Alliance

Leader: يعقوب ولد أمين (Yacoub Ould Moine)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Social democracy
Stance towards the government: In government
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الصواب
ḥizb aṣ-ṣawāb
Parti Sawab
Right Path Party

Leader: عبد السلام ولد حرمة (Abdel Salem Ould Horma)
Orientation: *
Ideology: Iraqi Ba’athism, Arab nationalism
Stance towards the government: Opposition
National affiliation: Democratic Alternation Coalition (*|Haratine interests|centre-left)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب إعادة التأسيس من أجل العمل الشامل (الرك)
ḥizb iʿādat at-taʾsīs min ajl alʿamal aš-šāmil (ar-rag)
Refondation pour une Action Globale (RAG)
Refoundation for a Global Action

Leader: عمر ولد يالي (Oumar Ould Yali)
Orientation: Haratine interests|Centre-left
Ideology: Anti-slavery, Haratine interests, social democracy
Stance towards the government: Opposition
National affiliation: Democratic Altenation Coalition (*|Haratine interests|centre-left)
International affiliation: N/A

Note: RAG is currently not registered as a political party. Its candidates ran in 2023 on the list of Sawab (*).

التحالف من أجل العدالة والديمقراطية/حركة التجديد
at-taḥāluf min ajl al-ʿadāla wad-dīmuqrāṭiya/ḥarakat at-tajdīd
Alliance pour la Justice et la Démocratie/Mouvement pour la Rénovation (AJD/MR)
Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal

Leader: Ibrahima Moctar Sarr
Orientation: Black minority interests
Ideology: Black minority interests
Stance towards the government: Opposition
National affiliation: Coalition Living Together (Black minority interests)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب نداء الوطن
ḥizb nidāʾ al-waṭan
Parti Nida El Watan
Nation’s Call Party

Leader: داوود ولد أحمد عيشة (Daoud Ould Ahmed Aicha)
Orientation: Right-wing
Ideology: Mauritanian nationalism, centralism, Bidhani nationalism
Stance towards the government: Support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الكرامة
ḥizb al-karāma
Parti El Karama
Dignity Party

Leader: شيخنا ولد حجبو (Cheikhna Ould Hajbou)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Centrism, civic nationalism, social liberalism, social democracy, transversalism
Stance towards the government: Support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الإتحاد و التغيير الموريتاني (حاتم)
ḥizb al-ittiḥād wat-taġyīr al-mūrītānī (ḥatem)
Parti Mauritanien de l’Union et du Changement (HATEM)
Mauritanian Party of Union and Change

Leader: صالح ولد حننا (Saleh Ould Hanena)
Orientation: Conservative
Ideology: Social conservatism, Islamic democracy, economic liberalism, civic nationalism
Stance towards the government: Support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

(حوار) حزب الوفاق من اجل الرفاه
ḥizb al-wifāq min ajl ar-rafāh (ḥiwar)
Parti de la Conciliation et de la Prosperité (HIWAR)
Party of Conciliation and Prosperity (Dialogue)

Leader: فاله منت ميني (Valle Mint Miny)
Orientation: Conservative
Ideology: Youth interests, egalitarianism, social conservatism, moderate Islamism
Stance towards the government: Support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الفضيلة
ḥizb al-vaḍīla
Parti El Vadila
Virtue Party

Leader: عثمان ولد شيخ أحمد أبو معالي (Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ahmed Eboul Mealy)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamism
Stance towards the government: Support
International affiliation: N/A

الاتحاد من أجل التخطيط للبناء
al-ittiḥād min ajl at-taxṭīṭ lil bināʾ
Union pour la Planification et la Construction (UPC)
Union for Planning and Building

Leader: محمد فال ولد اياهي (Mohamed Vall Ould Eyahi)
Orientation: *
Ideology: *
Stance towards the government: Support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A

جبهة المواطنة والعدالة (جمع)
jabhat al-muwwāṭana wal-ʿadāla (jamʿ)
Front pour la Citoyenneté et la Justice (FCJ)
Front for Citizenship and Justice

Leader: محمد جميل ولد منصور (Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamic democracy
Stance towards the government: Extraparliamentary support
International affiliation: N/A

موريتانيا إلى الأمام
mūrītāniyā ila al-amām
Mauritanie En Avant
Mauritania Forward

Leader: نور الدين ولد محمدو (Noureddine Ould Mohamedou)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Civic nationalism, technocracy
Stance towards the government: Extraparliamentary opposition
International affiliation: N/A

Note: Its candidates ran in 2023 on the list of the Union for Planning and Building (*).

حزب نماء
ḥizb namāʾ
Parti Nemaa
Growth Party

Leader: زينب منت التقي (Zeinebou Mint Taqi)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamic democracy
Stance towards the government: Extraparliamentary support
National affiliation: Coordination of Parties of the Majority (centre to conservative)
International affiliation: N/A