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Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 24 November 1999, co-inciding with the second round of the presidential elections. The vote for the first parliament of the Fifth Republic, which had originally been scheduled for October, but delayed in August,[1] saw a victory for the National Movement for the Development of Society, which won 38 of the 83 seats. It formed a coalition with the Democratic and Social Convention in order to obtain a majority in the National Assembly.[2]
The elections took place just seven months after the former military ruler Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was overthrown and killed by military officers in a coup led by Major Daouda Malam Wanké on 14 April 1999. They were overseen and organised by a sixty-member independent National Election Commission, appointed by the military government with representatives from political parties and civil society groups on 27 May 1999.[3] The new government was seated on 1 January 2000, and operated under the Constitution of 1999, approved by a referendum held on 18 July and promulgated on 8 August.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Movement for the Development of Society | 38 | ||
| Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism | 16 | ||
| Democratic and Social Convention | 17 | ||
| Rally for Democracy and Progress | 8 | ||
| Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 4 | ||
| Total | 1,815,411 | 83 |
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