Parliamentary elections in Niger 2009
The parliamentary elections in Niger 2009 took place on October 20, 2009, by-elections on December 27, 2009. The 113 members of the National Assembly of Niger were elected .
background
According to the constitution, the term of office of President Mamadou Tandja ( MNSD-Nassara ) would have expired in December 2009 after his one-time re-election in 2004. On May 7, 2009, Tandja announced that a referendum would be held at the end of 2009, which should enable him to extend his term of office by means of a new constitution. Several parties then appealed to the Constitutional Court, which ruled on May 26, 2009 that Tandja's plan was unconstitutional. The President dissolved the National Assembly by decree on May 27, 2009 and the Constitutional Court on June 12, 2009, only to appoint a new one two days later.
The new elections to the National Assembly were initially scheduled for August 20, 2009, but then postponed on August 4, 2009 due to the constitutional referendum . The new constitution of the Sixth Republic, which was officially adopted by 92.5% of the participants in the referendum, came into force on August 18, 2015 and enabled Mamadou Tandja to remain in office. October 20, 2009 was set as the new date for the parliamentary elections. Tandja's opponents formed in the coordination of the democratic forces of the republic and called for a boycott of the elections. It included the parties PNDS-Tarayya and ANDP-Zaman Lahiya . The West African Economic Community called on Tandja to postpone the parliamentary elections indefinitely and to seek dialogue with the coordination of the democratic forces of the republic , and suspended Niger's membership when Tandja stuck to the election date.
Results
- MNSD-Nassara : 76
- RSD-Gaskiya : 15
- RDP-Jama'a : 7
- RPN Alkalami : 1
- UNI : 1
- PNA-Al'ouma : 1
- PMT-Albarka : 1
- Independent : 11
Of 6,059,961 registered voters, 3,106,833 went to the polls. This corresponds to a turnout of 51.27%. Of the voting slips submitted, 3,005,914 were considered valid and 100,919 were considered invalid. Election day passed without major incidents.
The Constitutional Court declared the results to be invalid in one constituency in which the election was therefore repeated on December 27, 2009. The one mandate to be awarded there went to an independent candidate. The table below reflects the final result after the by-elections.
| Political party | Seats |
|---|---|
| National Development Society Movement (MNSD-Nassara) | 76 |
| Social Democratic Alliance (RSD-Gaskiya) | 15th |
| Alliance for Democracy and Progress (RDP-Jama'a) | 7th |
| Alliance of Nigerien Patriots (RPN-Alkalami) | 1 |
| National Union of Independents (UNI) | 1 |
| Nigerien Self-Government Party (PNA-Al'ouma) | 1 |
| Party of the Masses for Labor (PMT-Albarka) | 1 |
| Independent | 11 |
| total | 113 |
consequences
The newly elected National Assembly met for the first time on November 14, 2009. On November 25, 2009 she elected Seini Oumarou (MNSD-Nassara) as President of the National Assembly. The Sixth Republic of Mamadou Tandjas ended on February 18, 2010 with a military coup that ushered in a return to the political order before the Sixth Republic.
Web links
- Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 2009 . Inter-Parliamentary Union (English).
- Sebastian Sperling: Niger on the way back to dictatorship - acid test for ECOWAS . Friedrich Ebert Foundation , October 27, 2009 (PDF).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 2009. Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed on February 16, 2016 (English).
- ^ Elections in Niger. In: African Elections Database. October 30, 2011, accessed February 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 151 .
