1996 Nigerien parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 23 November 1996. They followed the constitutional changes approved in a referendum earlier in the year, which re-introduced multi-party democracy suspended by an earlier military coup. However, the eight main opposition parties boycotted the elections after forming the Front for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal, which won 59 of the 83 seats,^[1] three of which were won in by-elections after the original result had been invalidated by the Supreme Court.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal	990,308	66.03	59	New
	Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress	123,957	8.26	8	–1
	Party of the Masses for Labour	107,000	7.13	2	New
	Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots	91,944	6.13	4	+3
	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	36,899	2.46	3	+1
	Party for People's Dignity	21,475	1.43	3	New
	Movement for Democracy and Progress	7,562	0.50	1	New
	Other parties	73,862	4.92	0	–
	Independents	46,805	3.12	3	+3
Total		1,499,812	100.00	83	0
Valid votes		1,499,812	97.65
Invalid/blank votes		36,151	2.35
Total votes		1,535,963	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,939,101	38.99
Source: Nohlen et al.[2]

References

1. Elections in Niger African Elections database
2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp685–688 ISBN 0-19-829645-2