Nigerien presidential election, 1993
In the presidential elections in Niger in 1993, the President of the Republic of Niger was chosen by direct election. The first round of elections was held on February 27, 1993 held the second passage on March 27, 1993. As election winner Mahamane Ousmane went ( CDS Rahama ) out.
Background
The presidential elections of 1993 were the first in the history of Niger, where more than one candidate is presented for election. The constitutional referendum on December 26, 1992 made by the autocracy of the National Movement of the Development Society ( MNSD - Nassara ) the way for a multi-party system. In the parliamentary elections on 14 February 1993, the nine- party coalition won alliance of the forces of change, whose aim was to end the power of the MNSD - Nassara, 50 of the 83 seats in the National Assembly and thus outperformed the MNSD - Nassara, the 29 seats won.
In the presidential election candidate for the MNSD - Nassara whose party leader Mamadou Tandja. The incumbent president Ali Saibou, his party colleague, no longer went to the election. Five of the eight candidates belonging to the Alliance of Forces of Change: Mahamane Ousmane of the Democratic and Social Rally ( CDS Rahama ), Mahamadou Issoufou of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism ( PNDS - Tarraya ), Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye of the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress ( ANDP - Zaman Lahiya ) Oumarou Garba Youssoufou of the Nigerien Progressive Party (PPN - RDA) and Kazelma Omar Taya of the Nigerien social Democratic Party ( PSDN Alhéri ). Noteworthy was also the candidacy of 71 -year-old Djibo Bakary, who was in 1958 the first Prime Minister of Niger.
Results
First ballot
From 4,082,076 1,328,152 registered voters went to the polls. This corresponds to a voter turnout of 32.5%. Of the 1,292,457 ballots cast ( 97.3 %) were considered valid and counted 35,695 (2.7%) as invalid.
Mamadou Tandja was broken Regional choosing winners in the department of Diffa (53.5 %), the Department Tilabéri ( 51%), in the capital, Niamey ( 42%) and in the department of Agadez ( 37.3 %). Mahamane Ousmane reached in the department of Zinder, the absolute majority ( 63.7 %) and in the department of Maradi, the relative majority ( 37%) of the votes votes. In the department of Dosso Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye was the most combined votes ( 43.4% ) on you. In the department of Tahoua Mahamadou Issoufou was the successful candidate ( 40.8 %). Worth mentioning is the regional distribution of votes in the case of Omar Kazelma Taya, who reached in the department of Diffa second after Tandja with 19.1% of the votes, which was significantly higher than its national income of 1.82%.
Second round of voting
A second ballot was required because none of the candidates could obtain an absolute majority of the votes on the first ballot. From 4,069,333 1,433,393 registered voters went to the polls. This corresponds to a voter turnout of 35.2 %. Of the 1,433,393 votes ballots counted 1,402,894 as valid and 30 499 as invalid (or blank ballots ).
Mahamane Ousmane was after shares of votes at the most successful in the departments of Zinder ( 75%), Dosso ( 64.8 %), Agadez ( 60.5 %), Tahoua ( 55.5 %) and Maradi ( 54.1 %); Mamadou Tandja in the departments Tilabéri ( 67.4 %) and Diffa ( 61.1 %) and in the capital, Niamey ( 56.1 %).
Follow
The election winner Mahamane Ousmane Issoufou Mahamadou appointed ( PNDS - Tarayya ) on April 17, 1993 Prime Minister of a coalition government of the alliance of the forces of change.