1995 Nigerien parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in
Background
The elections were prompted by the fall of the Alliance of the Forces of Change (AFC) government, after the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) party of Prime Minister Mahamadou Issoufou moved from the ruling coalition into opposition. President Mahamane Ousmane appointed Souley Abdoulaye as Prime Minister, but he resigned on 16 October 1994 after failing to create a new ruling coalition which could stand up to a confidence vote in the Assembly. Ousmane called a new election for the National Assembly.
Results
The electoral landscape remained largely unchanged from the 1993 elections. MNSD-Nassara won a plurality of votes, and with its new parliamentary ally and third-place finisher—the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism—forming a parliamentary bloc of 41 of the 83 seats, opposed to 38 seats held by the remaining AFC coalition members. The addition of three smaller parties added four seats, assuring a majority of 45.[1]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Movement for the Society of Development | 467,080 | 32.30 | 29 | 0 | |
Democratic and Social Convention | 428,760 | 29.65 | 24 | +2 | |
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism | 203,629 | 14.08 | 12 | –1 | |
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 186,247 | 12.88 | 9 | –2 | |
Union for Democracy and Social Progress | 45,724 | 3.16 | 2 | +1 | |
Party for National Unity and Democracy | 34,610 | 2.39 | 3 | +3 | |
Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger | 21,010 | 1.45 | 2 | +1 | |
Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally | 18,294 | 1.27 | 1 | –1 | |
Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots | 13,589 | 0.94 | 1 | –1 | |
Other parties | 27,178 | 1.88 | 0 | – | |
Total | 1,446,121 | 100.00 | 83 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,446,121 | 94.51 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 84,077 | 5.49 | |||
Total votes | 1,530,198 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,376,031 | 34.97 | |||
Source: IPU |
Aftermath
The new National Assembly resulted in a divided government ("
References
- ^ Niger: Elections held in 1995 International Parliamentary Union
- ^ Jibrin Ibrahim and Abdoulayi Niandou Souley, "The rise to power of an opposition party: the MNSD in Niger Republic", Unisa Press, Politeia, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1996.
- ^ Kaye Whiteman, "Obituary: Ibrahim Bare Mainassara", The Independent, 12 April 1999.