Mauritania's ruling Insaf party won the majority of parliamentary seats in districts that witnessed a second round of elections on Saturday.
According to preliminary results published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the ruling party won 27 seats in the second round, raising its share to 107 of the 176 seats in parliament.
The opposition National Rally for Reform and Development (RND) party won two seats, bringing its total in both rounds to 11 parliamentary seats.
The pro-ruling party, the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDDP), won 4 seats, bringing its number of seats to 10 and ranking third in terms of parliamentary representation.
The opposition Republican Front party won one seat in this round, bringing its representation to 7 seats and occupying fourth place.
The loyal Nidaa al-Watan party won one seat in the second round, raising its number of seats to five, and the loyal Virtue Party won a new seat to raise its representation to two seats.
These results boosted the majority achieved by President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani's Insaf party, the first since he assumed the presidency in 2019.
The run-off took place on Saturday, in 22 constituencies, to choose 36 parliamentary seats that were postponed during the first round on May 13.
No party was able to decide the result of the 36 seats in the first round, because the constituencies in which they took place do not adopt a proportional system, but require at least 50% of the vote.
The first round of the elections sparked widespread controversy in the country, after opposition and loyalist political parties spoke of widespread "fraud" and demanded that their results be canceled and returned, and presidential elections are scheduled to take place next year.