{"iso":"NE","name":"Niger","flag":"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddea","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2020-12-27","source":"2020 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party vote at the National Assembly election of 27 December 2020, official results as published by the electoral commission CENI, the last legislative vote before the July 2023 coup. Elected president Mohamed Bazoum remains detained, and the junta's 2025 charter set a flexible five-year transition with no election scheduled.","shares":{"PNDS":37.0,"MODEN":8.7,"MPR":7.6,"MNSD":6.8,"RDR":4.4,"CPR":4.2,"MPN":4.0,"OTH":27.3},"polls":[],"parties":{"PNDS":{"name":"PNDS-Tarayya","color":"#E75480","name_en":"Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism"},"MODEN":{"name":"Moden FA Lumana Africa","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation"},"MPR":{"name":"MPR-Jamhuriya","color":"#F08A1D","name_en":"Patriotic Movement for the Republic"},"MNSD":{"name":"MNSD-Nassara","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"National Movement for the Society of Development"},"RDR":{"name":"RDR-Tchanji","color":"#1B7A3D","name_en":"Democratic and Republican Renewal"},"CPR":{"name":"CPR-Inganci","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Congress for the Republic"},"MPN":{"name":"MPN-Kishin Kassa","color":"#C0392B","name_en":"Nigerien Patriotic Movement"},"OTH":{"name":"Autres partis","color":"#9a9a9a","name_en":"Other parties"}},"primer":{"system":"Military junta","head_of_state":"General Abdourahamane Tiani, sworn in as transitional president in March 2025 after the 2023 coup","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine","legislature":"None. The National Assembly was dissolved after the July 2023 coup, with an appointed advisory council in its place.","electoral_system":"Under the suspended constitution deputies were elected by proportional representation and the president in two rounds. Elections are suspended under the junta.","government_now":"The junta deposed elected president Mohamed Bazoum, winner of the 2021 runoff with 55.7 percent, and has kept him detained despite international rulings.","context":"Niger joined Mali and Burkina Faso in the Alliance of Sahel States, left ECOWAS and nationalised parts of the uranium sector, while jihadist attacks in the tri-border region persist.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PNDS":["PNDS-Tarayya","Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism","Social-democratic party of presidents Issoufou and Bazoum; was the ruling party until the July 2023 military coup deposed Bazoum."],"MODEN":["Moden FA Lumana Africa","Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation","Party of veteran politician Hama Amadou; was the main opposition force before the coup."],"MPR":["MPR-Jamhuriya","Patriotic Movement for the Republic","Party that was aligned with the PNDS-led governing majority."],"MNSD":["MNSD-Nassara","National Movement for the Society of Development","Former long-governing party of the Tandja era; a centrist big-tent party, latterly in opposition."],"RDR":["RDR-Tchanji","Democratic and Republican Renewal","Small party that held a handful of seats in the 2020 assembly."],"CPR":["CPR-Inganci","Congress for the Republic","Small party that held a handful of seats in the 2020 assembly."],"MPN":["MPN-Kishin Kassa","Nigerien Patriotic Movement","Small party that held a handful of seats in the 2020 assembly."],"OTH":["Autres partis","Other parties","Aggregate of the many minor parties that shared the remaining seats in the 2020 assembly."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly (dissolved by junta in 2023)","as_of":"2020 election; 166 of 171 seats filled, Assembly dissolved 2023","total":171,"seats":{"PNDS":79,"MODEN":19,"MPR":14,"MNSD":13,"CPR":8,"RDR":7,"MPN":6,"OTH":20}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."}}