Presidential elections were 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 28 February 1993, with a second round on 28 March after no candidate passed the 50% barrier in the first round. They followed the constitutional changes approved in a referendum

Nigerien constitutional referendum, 1992

A constitutional referendum was held in Niger on 26 December 1992. The new constitution would restore multi-party democracy for the first time since 1960, whilst also allowing unlimited number of five-year terms for the President. It was approved by 89.79% of voters, with a turnout of 56.6%...

 the previous year, which re-introduced multi-party democracy, and were the first presidential elections to feature more than one candidate. Although Mamadou Tandja of the National Movement for the Development of Society

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...

 (which had emerged as the largest party in the parliamentary elections

Nigerien parliamentary election, 1993

Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 14 February 1993. They followed the constitutional changes approved in a referendum the previous year, which re-introduced multi-party democracy...

) won the most votes in the first round, he lost in the second round to 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...

 of the Democratic and Social Convention

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...

 party. Voter turnout was only 32.5% in the first round and 35.2% in the second.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
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...	Democratic and Social Convention 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...	343,261	26.59	763,476	54.42
Mamadou Tandja	National Movement for the Development of Society 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...	443,233	34.22	639,418	45.58
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...	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...	205,707	15.92
Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye was a Nigerien politician and the President of the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress...	Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress 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 :...	196,949	15.24
Illa Kané	Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots The Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots is a centrist Nigerien political party, founded and led by André Salifou. The UPDP has only three times won a handful in the National Assembly of Niger since it formed prior to the 1993 elections. One three occasions these seats were held Professor...	32,951	2.55
Oumarou Garba Issoufou	Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally	25,769	1.99
Omar Katzelma Taya	Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger The Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger is a political party in Niger.At the legislative elections, 4 December 2004, the party won 1.3 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 113 seats....	23,565	1.82
Djibo Bakary Djibo Bakary Djibo Bakary was a socialist politician and important figure in the independence movement of Niger. Bakary was the first Nigerien to hold local executive power since the beginning of French colonialism...	Sawaba Sawaba The Union of Popular Forces for Democracy and Progress-Sawaba is a political party in Niger, founded as the Nigerien Democratic Union in 1954. The original party, founded by Nigerien Progressive Party co-leader Djibo Bakary when he was expelled from the PPN...	21,662	1.68
Invalid/blank votes		35,659
30,499
Total		1,328,152	100	1,433,393	100
Source: Nohlen et al