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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.

1 Latest elections
- 1.1 2004 Presidential election
- 1.2 2004 Parliamentary election
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest elections

[edit] 2004 Presidential election

Main article: Niger presidential election, 2004

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**Summary of the 16 November and 4 December 2004 Nigerien presidential election results**
Candidates - Parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Mamadou Tandja - National Movement for the Development Society	991,764	40.7	1,509,905	65.5
Mahamadou Issoufou - Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	599,792	24.6	794,357	34.5
Mahamane Ousmane - Democratic and Social Convention	425,052	17.4
Ahmado Cheiffou - Social Democratic Rally	154,732	6.4
Moumouni Djermakoye Amadou - Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress	147,957	6.1
Hamid Algabid - Rally for Democracy and Progress	119,153	4.9
Total (turnout 48.3 %)		100.0		100.0

[edit] 2004 Parliamentary election

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Summary of the 4 December 2004 National Assembly of Niger **election results**
Parties		%	Seats
National Movement of the Development 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