2020–21 Nigerien general election

General elections were held in Niger on 27 December 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly.[2] As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round will be held on 21 February 2021.[3]

2020 Nigerien general election
27 December 2020 (first round)
21 February 2021 (second round)
Turnout69.67% (first round)[1]
 
Nominee Mohamed Bazoum Mahamane Ousmane
Party PNDS RDR
Incumbent President

Mahamadou Issoufou
PNDS
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Background

Incumbent president Mahamadou Issoufou completes his second term in 2021 and has publicly committed to stepping down, paving the way for the country's first potential peaceful transition of power since independence.[4] A record number of 41 candidates applied to run for president, but only 30 were accepted. Included in the 11 rejected candidates was Hama Amadou, candidate of the main opposition party, whose application was denied by the constitutional court due to his previous imprisonment for a year in a case of baby trafficking. Amadou who came second in the 2016 and third in the 2011 elections has denied all the charges and claimed they were politically motivated.[5][6]

Electoral system

The president is elected using the two-round system;[7] if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held on 20 February 2021.[2]

The 171 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 158 members are elected from eight multi-member constituencies based on the seven regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation. A further eight seats are reserved for minority groups and five seats (one for each permanently-inhabited continent) for Nigeriens living abroad, all elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[8]

Results

President
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mohamed BazoumNigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism1,879,54339.33
Mahamane OusmaneDemocratic and Republican Renewal811,83816.99
Seyni OumarouNational Movement for the Society of Development427,6238.95
Albadé AboubaPatriotic Movement for the Republic337,8667.07
Ibrahim YacoubaNigerien Patriotic Movement257,1515.38
Salou DjiboPeace, Justice, Progress – Generation Doubara142,6562.99
Oumarou Malam AlmaRally for Peace and Progress118,0382.47
Hassane Baraze MoussaNigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress114,8652.40
Omar Hamidou TchanaAlliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger76,2951.60
Amadou OusmaneDemocratic Alternation for Fairness in Niger63,2991.32
Souleymane GarbaNiger Party of Change – Mu Lura61,0541.28
Idi Ango OusmaneAlliance for Democracy and the Republic – Mahita55,9921.17
Nayoussa NassirouConvention for Democracy and Social Progress41,6400.87
Ibrahim GadoRepublican Council for Progress and Democracy39,2530.82
Mounkaila IssaNigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace38,1970.80
Hamidou Mamadou AbdouAfrican National Gathering Party35,9070.75
Intinicar AlhassaneNigerien Party for Peace and Development30,9370.65
Abdoulkadri AlphaGayya Zabbe Group28,8660.60
Kane HabibouSynergy of Democrats for the Republic27,1000.57
Oumarou AbdourahamaneUnion for Patriotic Panafricanists20,4450.43
Moustapha MoustaphaParty for a Political Revolution in Niger20,3090.43
Amadou SaidouIndependent20,1600.42
Mahaman Hamissou MoumouniParty for Justice and Development – Hakika18,5460.39
Djibrilla MainassaraSawaba17,1820.36
Sagbo AdolpheSocialist Party–Imani17,0290.36
Idrissa IssoufouCitizen's Movement for Development16,9630.35
Amadou CisséUnion for Democracy and the Republic16,7980.35
Mamadou DoullaRedemption for the Sake of the Fatherland16,7250.35
Abdallah SouleymaneNiger Forward (Nigerena)14,2550.30
Ismael IdeAction Front for a New Niger12,0410.25
Total4,778,573100.00
Valid votes4,778,57392.11
Invalid/blank votes409,0957.89
Total votes5,187,668100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,446,55669.67
Source: CENI

National Assembly

There are 171 seats total in the chamber, meaning that 86 seats are needed for a majority.[9] The National Assembly is elected every 5 years.[10]

The winner of the 2020 Legislative Elections was PNDS who won 80 seats.[11] MODEN FA came second with 19 seats. MNSD and MPR both came third with 13 seats each.[12]

References
  1. "Independent National Electoral Commission - Presidential Election 2020 (Round 1) Results" (in French). Dec 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. Niger: 2020-2021 electoral calendar unveiled Anadolu, 17 August 2019
  3. "Niger presidential election heads to February runoff". Al Jazeera. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Niger: Election just the start of challenges for new president". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. "Présidentielle au Niger : la candidature du principal opposant, Hama Amadou, rejetée". Le Monde (in French). 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  6. "Présidentielle au Niger: 41 candidats ont déposé leur dossier au ministère de l'Intérieur". RFI (in French). 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  7. Republic of Niger: Election for President IFES
  8. Electoral system IPU
  9. "Niger's presidential election set for February runoff". 2 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. "Niger's Constitution of 2010 with Amendments through 2017" (PDF). constituteproject.org. Translated from French by Maria del Carmen Gress & J.J. Ruchti. 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. "Independent National Electoral Commission - Presidential Election 2020 (Round 1) Results" (in French). Dec 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. "Independent National Electoral Commission - Legislative Elections 2020 Results" (in French). Dec 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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