1993 Nigerien presidential election

none 1993 Nigerian presidential election Niger presidential 1989 Nigerien general election 1989 1996 Nigerien presidential election 1996 27 February 1993 (first round)27 March 1993 (second round) Mahamane Ousmane (cropped).jpg Mahamane Ousmane Democratic and Social Convention 763,476 54.42% Mamadou Tandja 2005 (cropped).jpg Mamadou Tandja National Movement for the Society of Development 639,418 45.58% 275px First round results by region 275px Second round results by region 2 President Ali Saibou National Movement for the Society of Development Mahamane Ousmane Democratic and Social Convention Presidential elections were held in Niger on 27 February 1993, with a second round on 27 March after no candidate passed the 50% barrier in the first round. They were the first multi-candidate presidential elections held in the country since independence in 1960, following constitutional changes approved in a referendum the previous year. Although Mamadou Tandja of the ruling National Movement for the Society of Development (which had emerged as the largest party in the parliamentary elections) won the most votes in the first round, he lost in the second round to Mahamane Ousmane of the Democratic and Social Convention party.Elections in Djibouti African Elections database Voter turnout was only 32.5% in the first round and 35.2% in the second.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p690 0-19-829645-2 Results Mamadou Tandja National Movement for the Society of Development 443223 639418 Mahamane Ousmane Democratic and Social Convention 343261 763476 Mahamadou Issoufou Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism 205707 Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress 196949 Illa Kané Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots 32951 Oumarou Garba Issoufou Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally 25769 Omar Katzelma Taya Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger 23565 Djibo Bakary Sawaba 21662 35695 30499 4082076 4069333 Nohlen et al. References Niger President Category:Presidential elections in Niger