Democratic Alternation Pole قطب التناوب الديمقراطي Pôle de l'Alternance Démocratique
Abbreviation	DAP
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.^[1][2]

Composition

Electoral performance

National Assembly

National Assembly

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

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