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Nigerien parliamentary election, 2004

Nigerien general election, 2004
Niger
← 1999 16 November 2004 (first round)
4 December 2004 (second round)
2011 →
  Tandja in Nigeria June 2007.jpg Mahamadou Issoufou-IMG 3648.jpg
Nominee Mamadou Tandja Mahamadou Issoufou
Party MNSD PNDS
Popular vote 1,509,905 794,357
Percentage 65.53% 34.47%

President before election

Military rule (formerly Mahamane Ousmane

Elected President

Mamadou Tandja
MNSD


Military rule (formerly Mahamane Ousmane

Mamadou Tandja
MNSD

General elections were held in Niger in 2004; the first round of the presidential elections was held on 16 November, with a run-off held alongside National Assembly elections on 4 December. The presidential elections were won by Mamadou Tandja of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD). The MNSD also emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 47 of the 113 seats.

The President was elected using the two-round system. The 113 members of the National Assembly were elected by two methods; 105 from eight multi-member constituencies by proportional representation system and the remaining eight members in special single-member constituencies to ensure representation of national minorities.

No candidate won a majority of votes in the first round, and a second round was held on 4 December between the two leading candidates – incumbent president Mamadou and Mahamadou Issoufou. All four of the candidates eliminated in the first round backed Tandja in the second round, and Tandja won the elections with 65.53% of the vote. International and local observers declared the entire process as free, fair, and transparent.

Following the election, MNSD-Nassara resumed its previous ruling coalition with junior partner Democratic and Social Convention, whose 22 seats give a 69-seat majority in the National Assembly.


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