Nigerien parliamentary election, 1995

A parliamentary election was held in Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

on 12 January 1995. The last election of the Third Republic of Niger, they were called following a split in the ruling coalition, but resulted in a government divided between the party of the President and an opposition coalition holding the National Assembly

National Assembly of Niger

The unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's sole legislative body. The National Assembly may propose laws and is required to approve all legislation.-History:...

and the post of Prime Minister. The ensuing stalemate was a contributing factor to the coup which overthrew the regime on 27 January 1996.

Background

The elections were prompted by the fall of the AFC government, after the party of Prime Minister Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou is a Nigerien politician who has been President of Niger since 7 April 2011. Previously he was Prime Minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994 and President of the National Assembly from 1995 to 1996, and he has stood as a candidate in each presidential election since 1993.Issoufou...

, PNDS-Tarayya, moved from the ruling coalition into opposition. President Mahamane Ousmane

Mahamane Ousmane

Mahamane Ousmane is a Nigerien politician. He was the first democratically elected and fourth President of Niger, serving from 16 April 1993 until his ouster in a military coup d'état on 27 January 1996. He has continued to run for President in each election since his ouster, and he was President...

appointed Souley Abdoulaye

Souley Abdoulaye

Souley Abdoulaye is a Nigerien politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Niger from 28 September 1994 to 8 February 1995. He later served in the government under President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara as Minister of Transport from 1996 to 1997 and then as Minister of the Interior, in charge of...

as Prime Minister, but he resigned on 16 October 1994 after failing to create a new ruling coalition which could stand up to a confidence vote in the Assembly. Ousmane called a new election for the National Assembly.

Results

The electoral landscape remained remained largely unchanged from the 1993 elections. MNSD-Nassara won a plurality of votes, and with its new parliamentary ally and third place finisher—the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-wing party, part of the Socialist International; since 2011 it has been in power following the election of its long-time leader, Mahamadou Issoufou, as President of Niger. Mohamed Bazoum is Acting...

-- forming a parliamentary bloc of 29+12(41) of 83 seats, opposed to 38 seats held by the remaining AFC coalition members. The addition of three smaller parties added 4 seats, and assured a majority of 45.

Political effects

The new National Assembly resulted in a divided government ("cohabitation

Cohabitation (government)

Cohabitation in government occurs in semi-presidential systems, such as France's system, when the President is from a different political party than the majority of the members of parliament. It occurs because such a system forces the president to name a premier that will be acceptable to the...

") with the opposition forming the new ruling coalition, and the MNSD-Nassara's Hama Amadou

Hama Amadou

Hama Amadou is a Nigerien politician who was Prime Minister of Niger from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2007. He was also Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Development of Society from 1991 to 2001 and President of the MNSD-Nassara from 2001 to 2009...

becoming Prime Minister. This finally reversed the unstable post-dictatorship alliance of the AFC, which had been based upon keeping the MNSD, the former military government party, out of power. The center-right MNSD and the left PNDS formed an otherwise unlikely alliance based on each's conflict with the President. The inability of the president and this new government to work together resulted in government gridlock. This was one of the stated reasons for the 27 January 1996 Nigerien coup d'état

1996 Nigerien coup d'état

The 1996 Nigerien coup d'état was a military coup d'état which occurred on 27 January 1996 in Niamey, Niger. It ousted Niger's first democratically-elected President, Mahamane Ousmane after nearly three years in power and installed General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara as head of state...

which brought the military government of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara

Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was a military officer in the West African country of Niger who seized power in a January 1996 coup d'état and ruled the country until his assassination during the military coup of April 1999....

National Movement for the Development of Society

The National Movement for the Society of Development - MNSD / MNSD-Nassara is a political party in Niger. Founded under the military government of the 1974-1990 period, it was the ruling party of Niger from 1989 to 1993 and again from 1999 until a coup on February 18, 2010, by a military junta...

Democratic and Social Convention

The Democratic and Social Convention - Rahama is a political party in Niger. It was founded in January 1991. In the 1993 presidential election, the party's leader, Mahamane Ousmane, was elected president...

Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism

Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress

The Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Niger. Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye led the party from its foundation in the early 1990s until his death in 2009.- Second Republic :...

Party for National Unity and Development

The Party for National Unity and Democracy is a small political party in the West African State of Niger. Its slogan "Salama", is an Arabic loan word meaning "Peace" in the Hausa language...

Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Niger)

The Union for Democracy and Social Progress-Amana is a political party in the West African state of Niger. Its slogan, "Amana", is a Hausa language word for "Trust" Founded in 1990, the party has its largest base in the Tuareg people of the north of the nation...

(UDPS-Amana)
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|align=left valign=top colspan=2|Niger Social Democratic Party-Alheri (PSDN-Alheri)†
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|align=left valign=top colspan=2|Niger Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (PPN-RDA)
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|align=left valign=top colspan=2|Union for Democratic Patriots and Progressives-Chamoua (UPDP-Chamoua)
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|align=left colspan=4|Sources: †= AFC coalition
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