Nigerien constitutional referendum, 2009

The constitutional referendum in Niger in 2009 was held on 4 August 2009. The electorate voted Niger majority for adoption of the Constitution of the Sixth Republic.

Background

The constitution of the Fifth Republic intended for the President a restriction to two terms. Mamadou Tandja had been elected in the presidential elections of 1999 and 2004 and now sought by an unintended third term. To this end, he turned off the Constitutional Court and let draw up a new constitution. This called for a repeal of term limits, full executive powers for the president and the creation of a Senate as the second chamber of the National Assembly.

Result

From 6.04514 million registered voters went to the polls officially 4126199. This corresponds to a voter turnout of 68.3 %. Of the ballots cast were 4,004,889 valid and 121 310 counted as invalid.

The opposition called for a boycott of the referendum. The official figures on voter turnout stood opposite the view of most independent election observers, which they estimated at below 10%.

Follow

Under the new Constitution, boycotted by most of the major opposition parties parliamentary elections were still held on 20 October 2009. The Sixth Republic ended on 18 February 2010 by a coup d'état led by Salou Djibo and was replaced by the Seventh Republic beginning with the constitutional referendum of 2010.

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