Nigerien parliamentary election, 1993
The parliamentary elections in Niger in 1993 took place on 14 February 1993. Were elected the 83 members of the National Assembly of Niger. It was the first multi-party elections since the country's independence in 1960.
Background
The last elected in the parliamentary elections on December 12, 1989 the National Assembly was dissolved in August 1991 by the National Conference and replaced by a transitional parliament, the High Council of the Republic. The National Conference, which was held from July to November, 1991, was a panel of diverse political and social groups of the country which it had set itself the task of drafting a new constitution and the existing since 1989 one-party system of the National Movement of the 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 referendum on 26 December 1992, the Constitution of the Third Republic was adopted. During the elections Niger was hit by workers' and soldiers unrest against the backdrop of an ailing economy and a Tuareg rebellion. The Tuareg rebellion made it the campaigners impossible to conduct election campaigns in the north of the country. For the parliamentary seats around 600 candidates competed for twelve of the 16 recently legalized political parties in Niger, including the former Unity Party of the Second Republic (1989-1993), the MNSD - Nassara, and the newly formed former Unity Party of the First Republic ( 1960-1974 ) the PPN - RDA. All campaigning parties were given airtime in the state radio and television company locationN.
Results
From 3,995,751 1,307,682 registered voters went to the polls. This corresponds to a voter turnout of 32.7 %. Of the 1,252,257 ballots cast ( 95.8 %) were considered valid and counted 55 425 (4.2%) as invalid.
The distribution of seats in the National Assembly was based on the individual results in the electoral districts and special constituencies. The electoral districts Agadez Diffa and chose four deputies, ten Dosso, Maradi, Tahoua and Tilabéri respectively 13, 14 and Zinder Niamey four. In addition, each one deputy was elected to the special electoral districts Banibangou, Bankilaré, Bermo, Bilma, N'Gourti, Tassara, Tesker and Torodi. This system explains why the UDPS Amana with nationwide only 436 votes of the catchment succeeded in the National Assembly: The party was given the mandate of the Special constituency Bermo, with a relative majority of the votes of 436 votes there in 1051.
The Supreme Court declared the election result originally established the special constituency Tesker invalid. The ( in the table above into account ) result of the recount in Tesker - another seat for the PNDS - Tarayya - was published on 11 April 1993.
Follow
From the presidential election on February 27 and March 27, 1993 Mahamane Ousmane ( CDS Rahama ) emerged as the victor. On April 10, 1993, elected President of the National Assembly Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye ( ANDP - Zaman Lahiya ). The nine- party coalition alliance of the forces of change, which included the parliamentary parties ANDP - Zaman Lahiya, CDS Rahama, PNDS - Tarayya, PSDN Alhéri and UDPS - Amana, aimed at breaking the power of the former single party MNSD - Nassara. The MNSD - Nassara exhibited in the National Assembly, although with 29 more MPs than any other party, but the alliance of the forces of change could represent 50 MPs, and thus the absolute majority. President Mahamane Ousmane ( CDS Rahama ) appointed on April 17, 1993, Mahamadou Issoufou ( PNDS - Tarayya ) to the Prime Minister, who presented his cabinet of ministers of the alliance of the forces of change six days later.