Nigerien presidential election, 1996

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Presidential elections were held in Niger on 7 and 8 July 1996. It followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in May after a military coup had removed elected President Mahamane Ousmane in January. General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, who had been installed as leader following the coup, won the election in the first round, claiming 52.22% of the vote, with a 66.4% turnout.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara	Independent	1,262,308	52.22
Mahamane Ousmane	Democratic and Social Convention	477,431	19.75
Mamadou Tandja	National Movement for the Development of Society	378,322	15.65
Mahamadou Issoufou	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	183,826	7.60
Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye	Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress	115,302	4.77
Invalid/blank votes		107,830	-
Total		2,525,019	100

References

↑ Elections in Niger African Elections database

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