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Every five years, elections in Niger occur on national level for the head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 113 members, elected for a five year term, 105 members elected in multi-seat constituencies and 8 members elected in single-seat national minority constituencies. Niger has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
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2004 Presidential election
Main article: Nigerien presidential election, 2004Summary of the 16 November and 4 December 2004 Nigerien presidential election results Candidates - Parties Votes 1st round % Votes 2nd round % Tandja Mamadou - National Movement for the Development of Society 991,764 40.67 1,509,905 65.53 Mahamadou Issoufou - Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism 599,792 24.60 794,357 34.47 Mahamane Ousmane - Democratic and Social Convention 425,052 17.43 Ahmado Cheiffou - Social Democratic Rally 154,732 6.35 Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye - Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress 147,957 6.07 Hamid Algabid - Rally for Democracy and Progress 119,153 4.89 Total (turnout 48.3 %) 100.0 100.0 2004 Parliamentary election
Main article: Nigerien parliamentary election, 2004Summary of the 4 December 2004 National Assembly of Niger election results Parties Votes % Seats National Movement for the Development of Society (Mouvement National de la Societé de Développement-Nassara) 37.2 47 PNDS and allies Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme) 13.4 17 Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien) and Nigerien Self-Management Party (Parti Nigérien pour l’Autogestion-Al'ouma) 2.7 4 Combined list with Union of Independent Nigeriens (Union des Nigériens Indépendants) and Union for Democracy and the Republic (Union pour la Démocratie et la République-Tabbat) 3.3 2 Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien) 1.9 2 Democratic and Social Convention (Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama) 17.4 22 Social Democratic Rally (Rassemblement social démocratique-Gaskiya) 7.1 7 Rally for Democracy and Progress (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès-Jama'a) 6.5 6 Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Alliance nigérienne pour la démocratie et le progrès-Zaman Lahiya) 5.4 5 Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger (Parti pour le socialisme et la démocratie au Niger-Alheri) 1.3 1 Total (turnout 44.7%) 113 Source: africanelections.tripod.com Past elections
Elections and referendums in NigerPresidential elections Parliamentary elections French elections 1946 · 1951 · 1956 · 1958Referendums See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
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