[1][2] Incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won re-election for his second and final term as president, increasing his vote share by four points.

[3] Candidacy is restricted to citizens by birth aged between 40 and 75 (on the day of the first round) who have not had their civil and political rights removed.

[5] Ghazouani campaigned in part on a security platform, while his opponents accused his government of corruption and clientelism, with Dah Abeid denouncing what he called “a catastrophic management of the state”.

[47] Other issues during the election included unemployment, poverty and access to utilities such as water and electricity.

[52] On 2 July, three people were killed during clashes between the security forces and protesters demonstrating against the election results in Kaédi, which led authorities to block mobile internet services nationwide.