1989 Nigerien general election explained

Country:Niger
Type:presidential
Previous Election:1970 Nigerien presidential election
Previous Year:1970
Next Election:1993 Nigerien presidential election
Next Year:1993
Election Date:10 December 1989
Image1:Ali Saibou.jpg
Nominee1:Ali Saibou
Party1:National Movement for the Society of Development
Popular Vote1:3,316,182
Percentage1:99.60%
President
Before Election:Ali Saibou
Before Party:National Movement for the Society of Development
After Election:Ali Saibou
After Party:National Movement for the Society of Development

General elections were held in Niger on 10 December 1989 to elect a President and National Assembly. They were the first elections since 1970, and followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in September, which had made the country a one-party state with the National Movement for the Society of Development as the sole legal party. As a result, its leader, the incumbent president Ali Saibou, was elected unopposed, and the party won all 93 seats in the Assembly.[1] Voter turnout was 95%.[2]

Results

For the first time, women won seats in the National Assembly, with Roukayatou Abdou Issaka, Bibata Adamou Dakaou, Souna Hadizatou Diallo, Aïssata Karidjo Mounkaïla and Marie Lebihan becoming the country's first female members of parliament.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://africanelections.tripod.com/ne.html Elections in Niger
  2. [Dieter Nohlen]
  3. Alice J. Kang (2015) Bargaining for Women's Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy, p117