Parliamentary elections in Niger 1993
The parliamentary elections in Niger in 1993 took place on February 14, 1993. The 83 members of the National Assembly of Niger were elected . It was the first multi-party election since the country gained independence in 1960.
background
The National Assembly last elected in the parliamentary elections on December 12, 1989 , was dissolved by the National Conference in August 1991 and replaced by a transitional parliament , the High Council of the Republic . The National Conference, which met from July to November 1991, was a body made up of various political and social groupings in the country that had set itself the task of drafting a new constitution and the one-party system of the National Development Society (MNSD-Nassara ) to be replaced by a multi-party system .
The parliamentary elections were originally scheduled for December 19, 1992, but were postponed several times until the constitution of the Third Republic was adopted in the referendum on December 26, 1992 . During the elections, Niger was rocked by workers and soldiers' unrest against a backdrop of ailing economy and a Tuareg rebellion . The Tuareg rebellion made it impossible for candidates to campaign in the north of the country. Around 600 candidates from twelve of Niger's 16 recently legalized political parties ran for the parliamentary seats , including the former Unity Party of the Second Republic (1989–1993), the MNSD-Nassara, and the newly founded former Unity Party of the First Republic (1960–1974), the PPN-RDA . All campaigning parties received airtime on the state radio and television company ORTN .
Results
Of 3,995,751 registered voters, 1,307,682 went to the polls. This corresponds to a turnout of 32.7%. Of the voting slips submitted, 1,252,257 (95.8%) were considered valid and 55,425 (4.2%) were considered invalid.
| Political party | Number of votes | Share of votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Development Society Movement (MNSD-Nassara) | 383,758 | 30.7% | 29 |
| Democratic and Social Assembly (CDS-Rahama) | 341,576 | 27.3% | 22nd |
| Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) | 183.085 | 14.6% | 13 |
| Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ANDP-Zaman Lahiya) | 191.112 | 15.3% | 11 |
| Union of People's Forces for Democracy and Progress (UDFP-Sawaba) | 39,270 | 3.1% | 2 |
| Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (UPDP-Chamoua) | 36,189 | 2.9% | 2 |
| Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN-RDA) | 32,735 | 2.6% | 2 |
| Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSDN-Alhéri) | 18.604 | 1.5% | 1 |
| Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS-Amana) | 463 | <0.1% | 1 |
| other | 22,564 | 1.8% | - |
| total | 1,252,257 | 100% | 83 |
The distribution of seats in the National Assembly was based on the individual results in the electoral districts and special electoral districts. The constituencies of Agadez and Diffa each elected four MPs, Dosso ten, Maradi , Tahoua and Tillabéri each 13, Zinder 14 and Niamey four. In addition, one MP was elected in each of the special constituencies of Banibangou , Bankilaré , Bermo , Bilma , N'Gourti , Tassara , Tesker and Torodi . This system explains why the UDPS-Amana managed to get into the National Assembly with only 436 votes nationwide: The party received the mandate of the special electoral district of Bermo, with a relative majority of 436 of the 1051 votes cast there.
The Supreme Court declared the originally determined election result for the Tesker special electoral district to be invalid. The result of the recount in Tesker - another seat for the PNDS Tarayya - was published on April 11, 1993 (taken into account in the table above) .
consequences
From the presidential elections on February 27 and March 27, 1993 went Mahamane Ousmane ( CDS-Rahama ) emerged as the election winner. On April 10, 1993 Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye ( ANDP-Zaman Lahiya ) was elected President of the National Assembly. The nine-party coalition Alliance of Forces of Change , to which the parliamentary parties ANDP-Zaman Lahiya, CDS-Rahama, PNDS-Tarayya, PSDN-Alhéri and UDPS-Amana belonged, aimed to break the power of the former unity party MNSD-Nassara. The MNSD-Nassara had 29 more MPs in the National Assembly than any other party, but the Alliance of Forces of Change had 50 MPs and thus an absolute majority. President Mahamane Ousmane (CDS-Rahama) appointed Mahamadou Issoufou (PNDS-Tarayya) prime minister on April 17, 1993 , who presented his cabinet of ministers to the Alliance for Forces change six days later.
literature
- Pierre-Marie Découdras: Niger: démocratisation réussie, avenir en suspens . In: Afrique politique . 1994, p. 45-58 .
- Ali Illiassou, Mahaman Tidjani Alou: Processus électoral et democratisation au Niger . In: Politique africaine . No. 53 , 1994, pp. 133-138 ( PDF file ).
Web links
- Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1993 . Inter-Parliamentary Union (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1993. Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed July 24, 2013 (English).
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Bernard Thibaut, Michael Krennerich (eds.): Elections in Africa. A data handbook . Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4 , pp. 685 .
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Bernard Thibaut, Michael Krennerich (eds.): Elections in Africa. A data handbook . Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4 , pp. 687-688 .
- ↑ Historique. Assemblée nationale, October 7, 2011, archived from the original on May 15, 2013 ; Retrieved August 17, 2012 (French).
