Former military man Mamadou Tandja won
a second and final term in the second round of presidential elections
in December 2004. He first took office in 1999 and heads
the ruling National Movement for Society and Development. The president
was elected for a five year term by the people. He has been praised for
overseeing a return to relative stability. But poverty, unemployment
and a large foreign debt remain key challenges.
The Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) has
been dissolved and had 83 members, elected for a five year term, 75
members elected in multi-seat constituencies and 8 members elected
in single-seat national minority constituences.
- National Movement of the Development Society (Mouvement
National de la Societé de Développement-Nassara)
- Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Nigerien pour la
Democratie et le Socialisme)
- Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste
Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien)
- Nigerien Self-Management Party (Parti Nigérien pour l’Autogestion-Al'ouma)
- Union of Independent Nigeriens (Union des Nigériens Indépendants)
- Union for Democracy and the Republic (Union pour la Démocratie
et la République-Tabbat)
- Democratic and Social Convention (Convention démocratique
et sociale-Rahama)
- Social Democratic Rally (Rassemblement social démocratique-Gaskiya)
- Rally for Democracy and Progress (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie
et le Progrès-Jama'a)
- Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Alliance nigérienne
pour la démocratie et le progrès-Zaman Lahiya)
- Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger (Parti pour le socialisme
et la démocratie au Niger-Alheri)
