1993 Nigerien parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 14 February 1993. They were the first multi-party elections in the country since independence in 1960, and followed constitutional changes approved in a referendum the previous year. Although the ruling National Movement for the Society of Development won the most seats (29 of the 83), several opposition parties formed the Alliance of the Forces of Change following the elections, between them controlling 50 seats.^[1] Voter turnout was just 32.7%.^[2]

Electoral system

Members of the National Assembly were elected by two methods; 75 were elected from eight multi-member districts based on the seven regions and Niamey using party-list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the Hare quota and largest remainder method. A further eight members representing national minorities were elected in single-member constituencies based on the regions using first-past-the-post voting.^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Movement for the Society of Development	383,921	30.65	29	–64
	Democratic and Social Convention	341,849	27.29	22	New
	Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress	193,967	15.48	11	New
	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	183,150	14.62	13	New
	Sawaba	39,271	3.13	2	New
	Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots	36,203	2.89	2	New
	Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally	32,615	2.60	2	New
	Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger	18,661	1.49	1	New
	Party of the Masses for Labour	15,446	1.23	0	New
	Movement for Democracy and Progress	5,967	0.48	0	New
	Party for National Unity and Development	1,153	0.09	0	New
	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	463	0.04	1	New
Total		1,252,666	100.00	83	–10
Valid votes		1,252,666	95.76
Invalid/blank votes		55,429	4.24
Total votes		1,308,095	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,996,213	32.73
Source: Election Passport

Results by region

Party	Agadez	Diffa	Dosso	Maradi	Niamey	Tahoua	Tillabéri	Zinder
National Movement for the Society of Development	3	3	2	3	2	5	9	2
Democratic and Social Convention	1	0	2	5	1	3	1	9
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress	0	0	4	1	1	1	4	0
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	1	1	1	2	0	5	1	2
Others	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2
Total	5	5	10	14	4	14	16	15
Source: Election Passport

Aftermath

Following the elections, the Democratic and Social Convention, the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress, the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism, the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally, the Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger and the Union for Democracy and Social Progress all joined the Alliance of the Forces of Change.

References

1. Elections in Niger African Elections database
2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p685 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
3. "Niger". Election Passport. Retrieved 10 July 2017.