Democratic Alternation Pole

Democratic Alternation Pole قطب التناوب الديمقراطي Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
Abbreviation	Sawab–RAG
Leader	Biram Dah Abeid
Founded	31 May 2018
Headquarters	Nouakchott
Ideology	Anti-establishment Factions: Anti-slavery Haratine interests Arab nationalism Ba'athism Saddamism
Parliamentary group	Non-attached
Members	See composition
National Assembly	5 / 176
Regional councils	12 / 285
Mayors	1 / 238
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The Democratic Alternation Pole (Arabic: قطب التناوب الديمقراطي, romanized: qiṭb at-tanāwwub ad-dīmuqrāṭi, French: Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique) is a Mauritanian political coalition between Sawab and the legally unrecognized Refoundation for a Global Action parties founded on 31 May 2018 ahead of the 2018 parliamentary and 2019 presidential elections.

History

The alliance was founded on 31 May 2018 as a pragmatic alliance between the Ba'athist Sawab and the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) led by anti-slavery and Haratine interests activist Biram Dah Abeid, who saw his Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG) party legally unrecognized by the Ministry of Interior, thus not being allowed to contest elections on its own.

Composition

Party		Leader
	Sawab	Abdesselam Ould Horma
	Refoundation for a Global Action (RAG)	Oumar Ould Yali
Organisations
	Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA)	Biram Dah Abeid

Electoral performance

President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Election year	Candidate	1st round			2nd round			Result	Winning candidate
		Votes	%	Rank	Votes	%	Rank
2019	Biram Dah Abeid	172,649	18.59%	2nd	—			Lost	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
2024		218,427	22.10%	2nd	—			Lost

National Assembly

National Assembly

Election	Party leader	National list		Seats	+/–	Government
		Votes	%
2018	Biram Dah Abeid	12,265	1.75%	3 / 157	Increase 3	Opposition
2023		39,807	4.10%	5 / 176	Increase 2	Opposition