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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.

Latest elections

The Republic of Niger held a presidential election on 31 January 2011. The first round was to be held on January 3 and the second round on January 31, but those dates were postponed to 31 January 2011 (together with parliamentary elections) and 12 March 2011. The election follows a military coup in February 2010 ousting President Mamadou Tandja.

Previous elections

2011 Parliamentary election

2011 Presidential election

The Republic of Niger held a presidential election on 31 January 2011(together with parliamentary elections)and 12 March 2011. The election follows a constitutional referendum held on 31 October 2010, following the military coup in February 2010 ousting President Mamadou Tandja.

Constitutional referendum, 2010

A constitutional referendum was held in Niger on 31 October 2010, following the 2010 Nigerien coup d'état which ousted Tandja Mamadou.^[1] Parliamentary elections were held on 31 January 2011, and presidential elections were held on 31 January and 12 March 2011.According to first results with 172 of the 264 districts reporting, turnout was 54.16%, and 93.48% of voters were in favour of the new constitution.^[2] Preliminary results gave a turnout of 53% and 90.18% in favour. The constitution grants immunity to the coup leaders and stipulates they have to hand over power by 6 April 2011.^[3]

Results:

Nigerien constitutional referendum, 2010[4]
Choice	Votes	Percentage
Yes	3,124,152	90.18%
No	340,115	9.82%
Valid votes	3,464,267	97.91%
Invalid or blank votes	74,059	2.09%
Total votes	3,538,326	100.00%
Voter turnout	52.65%
Electorate	6,720,335

The junta, called "Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy" and led by Salou Djibo, organised the transition. On 31 October 2010, a new Constitution of 2010 (Seventh Republic) was adopted by referendum.

Constitutional referendum, 2009

A constitutional referendum was held in Niger on 4 August 2009. The purpose of the referendum was to submit to Nigerien voters the dissolution of the Fifth Republic of Niger and the creation of a "Sixth Republic of Niger" under a fully presidential system of government. The referendum offered a yes or no vote on the suspension of the Constitution and the granting of President Mamadou Tandja a three year interim government during which the Constitution of the Sixth Republic of Niger would be formulated. On 20 June, the Constitutional Court of Niger declared the plan illegal, but Tandja subsequently assumed emergency powers and dissolved the Court. The events surrounding this election form the 2009 Nigerien constitutional crisis.Although the opposition boycotted the referendum, official results reported that turnout was 68%, with 92.5% of voters in favor. The new constitution was accordingly promulgated on 18 August 2009.^[5]

2009 Parliamentary election

A parliamentary election was held in Niger on 20 October 2009,^[6] in the wake of President Mamadou Tandja's dissolution of the National Assembly in May 2009 and a successful constitution referendum in August 2009.The Independent Electoral Commission announced on 15 May 2009 that the election would be held on 28 November 2009, between the first and second rounds of the presidential election on 14 November and 6 December 2009.^[7]However, the Electoral Commission announced in June that the election would be moved to 20 August, two weeks after the controversial referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in office.^[8] The turnout for the elections was 51.27% of the six million registered voters.</ref name="AFP results"> According to official results announced by CENI President Moumouni Hamidou on 24 October the governing MNSD won the election by taking 76 of 113 seats in the National Assembly.^[9]

2004 Presidential election

2004 Parliamentary election

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

References

External links

• African Elections Database
• Adam Carr's Election Archive