El Wiam

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El Wiam (French: Parti de l'Entente Démocratique et Sociale, lit. Party of the Democratic and Social Agreement, PEDS) is a political party in Mauritania led by Boïdiel Ould Houmeit.^[1]

History

El Wiam was one of the many opposition groups which took part in the 2011 Mauritanian protests, protesting against the authoritarian rule of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The party won ten seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections, emerging as the third largest party in the National Assembly.^[2] It nominated Boïdiel Ould Houmeit as its candidate for the 2014 presidential elections. Ould Houmeit finished third out of five candidates with 4.5% of the vote.^[3]

References

Political parties in Mauritania

With seats	Union for the Republic (75) Tewassoul (16) El Wiam (10) People's Progressive Alliance (7) El Karam (6) Union for Democracy and Progress (6) Burst of Youth for the Nation (4) APJD/MPR (4) El Vadila (3) Party of Unity and Development (3) Ravah Party (3) Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (3) Democratic Justice Party (1) Democratic People's Party (1) Dignity and Action Party (1) El Islah (1) Party of Mauritanian Authenticity (1) Socialist Democratic Unionist Party (1)

Without seats	Alternative Democratic Renovation Mauritanian Party of Union and Change Mauritanian Popular Front National Rally for Democracy, Liberty and Equality Rally for Democracy and Unity Rally of Democratic Forces Sawab Union of the Democratic Center Union of the Forces of Progress

Banned	Action for Change Hizb ut-Tahrir Mauritanian People's Party National Vanguard Party (Ba'ath Party) Union of Democratic Forces

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