National Assembly of Niger
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The unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 4 December 2004, has a total of 113 members. 105 members are elected in 8 multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation system. The remaining 8 members are elected in special single-member constituencies to ensure the representation of national minority communities. All members serve five-year terms.
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| National Movement for the Development of Society (Mouvement National de la Societé de Développement-Nassara) | 37.2 | 47 | ||
| PNDS and allies | Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme) | 13.4 | 17 | |
| Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien) and Nigerien Self-Management Party (Parti Nigérien pour l’Autogestion-Al'ouma) | 2.7 | 4 | ||
| Combined list with Union of Independent Nigeriens (Union des Nigériens Indépendants) and Union for Democracy and the Republic (Union pour la Démocratie et la République-Tabbat) | 3.3 | 2 | ||
| Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien) | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| Democratic and Social Convention (Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama) | 17.4 | 22 | ||
| Social Democratic Rally (Rassemblement social démocratique-Gaskiya) | 7.1 | 7 | ||
| Rally for Democracy and Progress (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès-Jama'a) | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Alliance nigérienne pour la démocratie et le progrès-Zaman Lahiya) | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger (Parti pour le socialisme et la démocratie au Niger-Alheri) | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| Total (turnout 44.7 %) | 113 | |||
| Source: africanelections.tripod.com | ||||
Fourteen women occupy seats in the National Assembly.
Former President and leader of CDS-Rahama, Mahamane Ousmane, is the current President of the National Assembly.
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