1966_Mauritanian_presidential_election
Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 7 August 1966. Following the merger of all the country's political parties into the Mauritanian People's Party (PPM), the country had become a one-party state in December 1961. Its leader, incumbent President Moktar Ould Daddah, was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.[1] Voter turnout was 96%.[2]
It was the second presidential elections held in the country after independence. The country doubled its GDP between 1959 and 1966, but traditional sectoral growth was negligible.[clarification needed] During 1966, there was widespread agitation against the government by Mauritanian Black Africans against imposing Arab education and civil life.