Presidential elections in Niger 1993

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Mahamane Ousmane, winner of the 1993 presidential election in Niger

In the presidential elections in Niger in 1993 was determined by direct election of the President of the Republic of Niger selected. The first round of the elections took place on February 27, 1993, the second round on March 27, 1993. Mahamane Ousmane ( CDS-Rahama ) emerged as the winner .

background

The 1993 presidential election was the first in Niger's history to have more than one candidate standing for election. The constitutional referendum on December 26, 1992 cleared the way for a multi-party system after the National Development Society (MNSD-Nassara) had rule . In the parliamentary elections on February 14, 1993 , the nine-party coalition Alliance of Forces for Change , whose aim was to end the power of the MNSD-Nassara, won 50 of the 83 seats in the National Assembly , surpassing the MNSD-Nassara, the 29 Seats received.

Mamadou Tandja, party chairman, ran for the MNSD-Nassara in the presidential elections . The incumbent President Ali Saibou , his party colleague, no longer stood for election. Of the total of eight candidates, five belonged to the Alliance of Forces of Change : Mahamane Ousmane from the Democratic and Social Assembly (CDS-Rahama), Mahamadou Issoufou from the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarraya), Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye from the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ANDP-Zaman Lahiya), Oumarou Garba Youssoufou from the Nigerien Progress Party (PPN-RDA) and Kazelma Omar Taya from the Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSDN-Alhéri). Also noteworthy was the candidacy of 71-year-old Djibo Bakary , who put together the first Niger government in 1957.

Results

First round of elections

Of 4,082,076 registered voters, 1,328,152 went to the polls. This corresponds to a turnout of 32.5%. Of the voting slips submitted, 1,292,457 (97.3%) were considered valid and 35,695 (2.7%) were considered invalid.

candidate Political party Number of votes Share of votes
Mamadou Tandja MNSD-Nassara 443.233 34.22%
Mahamane Ousmane CDS-Rahama 343.261 26.59%
Mahamadou Issoufou PNDS Tarraya 205,707 15.92%
Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 196.949 15.24%
Illa Kané UPDP Chamoua 32,951 2.55%
Oumarou Garba Youssoufou PPN-RDA 25,769 1.99%
Kazelma Omar Taya PSDN-Alhéri 23,565 1.82%
Djibo Bakary UDFP-Sawaba 21,662 1.68%

In regional terms, Mamadou Tandja was the electoral winner in the Diffa department (53.5%), the Tillabéri department (51%), the capital Niamey (42%) and the Agadez department (37.3%). Mahamane Ousmane achieved an absolute majority (63.7%) in the Zinder department and the relative majority (37%) in the Maradi department . In the Dosso department , Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye won the most votes (43.4%). In the Tahoua department , Mahamadou Issoufou was the most successful candidate (40.8%). It is worth mentioning the regional distribution of votes in the case of Kazelma Omar Taya, who achieved second place in the Diffa department after Tandja with 19.1% of the vote, which was well above his national result of 1.82%.

Second round of voting

A second round of elections was necessary because none of the candidates could win an absolute majority of the votes in the first round of elections. Of 4,069,333 registered voters, 1,433,393 went to the polls. This corresponds to a voter turnout of 35.2%. Of the 1,433,393 ballot papers submitted, 1,402,894 were rated as valid and 30,499 as invalid (or blank ballot papers).

candidate Political party Number of votes Share of votes
Mahamane Ousmane CDS-Rahama 763.476 54.42%
Mamadou Tandja MNSD-Nassara 639.418 45.58%

Mahamane Ousmane was most successful in terms of voting shares in the departments of Zinder (75%), Dosso (64.8%), Agadez (60.5%), Tahoua (55.5%) and Maradi (54.1%); Mamadou Tandja in the departments of Tillabéri (67.4%) and Diffa (61.1%) and in the capital Niamey (56.1%).

consequences

The election winner Mahamane Ousmane appointed Mahamadou Issoufou (PNDS-Tarayya) on April 17, 1993 Prime Minister of a coalition government of the Alliance of Forces for Change .

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 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Elections in Niger . African Elections Database, published October 30, 2011, accessed October 15, 2012.
  2. ^ 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 , p. 689.
  3. ^ A b 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 , p. 691.
  4. ↑ Niger: Parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1993 . Inter-Parliamentary Union website , accessed October 15, 2012.