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1999 Nigerien general election

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Field	Value
country	Niger
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
previous_election	1996 Nigerien presidential election
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 Nigerien general election
next_year	2004
election_date	17 October 1999 (first round)
24 November 1999 (second round)
image1	Mamadou Tandja 2005 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Mamadou Tandja
party1	National Movement for the Society of Development
popular_vote1	1,061,731
percentage1	59.89%
image2	Mahamadou Issoufou-IMG 3648.jpg
nominee2	Mahamadou Issoufou
party2	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
popular_vote2	710,923
percentage2	40.11%
title	President
before_election	Daouda Malam Wanké
before_party	Military
after_election	Mamadou Tandja
after_party	National Movement for the Society of Development
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
noleader	yes
election_name	Parliamentary election
seats_for_election	All 83 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	42
previous_election	[1996](1996-nigerien-parliamentary-election)
next_election	[2004](2004-nigerien-general-election)
party1	National Movement for the Society of Development
last_election1	New
seats1	38
percentage1	34.65
party2	Democratic and Social Convention
last_election2	New
seats2	17
percentage2	17.23
party3	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
last_election3	New
seats3	16
percentage3	21.47
party4	Rally for Democracy and Progress (Niger)
last_election4	New
seats4	8
percentage4	10.95
party5	Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress
last_election5	8
seats5	4
percentage5	6.61
title	President of the National Assembly
posttitle	President of the National Assembly after
before_election
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Mahamane Ousmane
after_party	Democratic and Social Convention

24 November 1999 (second round)

General elections were held in Niger in 1999; the first-round of the presidential elections was held on 17 October, with a run-off held alongside National Assembly elections on 24 November. The elections followed a coup d'état on 9 April, in which Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, who had led an earlier coup in January 1996 and won disputed presidential elections, was assassinated. Coup leader Daouda Mallam Wanké initiated a transitional period that concluded with the victory of Mamadou Tandja, the candidate of the National Movement for the Society of Development (MNSD), over Mahamadou Issoufou, the candidate of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), in the run-off. The vote for the first National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, which had originally been scheduled for October, but delayed in August, also saw a victory for the MNSD, which won 38 of the 83 seats. It formed a coalition with the Democratic and Social Convention in order to gain a majority in the Assembly.

Background

Following the April 1999 coup, Wanké called for new presidential and parliamentary elections late in the year and barred the participation of candidates from the military.

A new constitution was approved by a referendum held on 18 July 1999 and promulgated 8 August.

Presidential candidates

Eight candidates sought to run in the presidential elections, including two rival candidates from the Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a (RDP), which had been the ruling party under Maïnassara; Hamid Algabid and Amadou Cissé. It was left to the Court of State to decide which of these two candidates could run. On 3 September the Court released its list of approved candidates; seven were approved, including Algabid, while Cissé's candidacy was rejected.

Candidates eliminated in the first round sought to influence the outcome of the second round by endorsing one of the two remaining candidates; Djermakoye announced his support for Issoufou on 4 November, Ousmane announced his support for Tandja on 5 November, and Algabid and Djibo announced their support for Issoufou on 6 November (although some members of the RDP objected to Algabid's support for Issoufou and backed Tandja instead on 7 November).

Results

President

National Assembly

Aftermath

The new government was seated on 1 January 2000, and operated under the Constitution of 1999.

References

[http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/RAPPORT_DE_LA_MISSION_D_OBSERVATION_DES_ELECTIONS_PRESIDENTIELLES_ET_LEGISLATIVES_DES_17_OCTOBRE_ET_24_NOVEMBRE_1999_.pdf "Report of the observation mission for the presidential and legislative elections of 17 October and 24 November 1999"] {{webarchive. link. (18 October 2005 , democratie.francophonie.org {{in lang). fr.
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/417078.stm World: Africa: Niger delays election] BBC News, 11 August 1999
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2237_99.htm Niger: Elections held in 1999] International Parliamentary Union
The elections were overseen and organised by a sixty-member Independent National Election Commission, appointed by the military government with representatives from political parties and civil society groups on 27 May 1999.[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/354699.stm "Niger election commission"], BBC World Service, 27 May 1999.
[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=8763 "NIGER: Eight register for November presidential poll"], IRIN, August 30, 1999.

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