Electoral system for the president

Mauritania, Constitution 2012, accessed 30 May 2023

ARTICLE 26: The President of the Republic is elected for five years by universal direct suffrage. He is elected with the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed. If this is not obtained in the first round of the ballot by one of the candidates, it proceeds to a second round two weeks later. Only the two candidates who, remaining in competition, received the greatest number of votes in the first round, may present themselves. […]