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23-456: The party was founded by Jackou on 2 February 1997 following his 1996 expulsion from the Democratic and Social Convention (which he had co-founded in 1991) when he chose to take up ministerial posts in the government of Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara . It received 0.9% of the vote in the 1999 parliamentary elections , failing to win a seat. It contested the 2004 parliamentary elections in alliance with

46-400: A campaign period lasting from 28 September to 18 October. The opposition indicated that it would boycott the election, officially announcing their intention to do so on 26 September. The following day, Tandja called for a massive turnout. The campaign began on 28 September, as planned. About 20 parties participated, although most of them supported Tandja and were allied with his MNSD. Despite

69-508: A presidential candidate in the 1999 general elections , but won 17 seats in the National Assembly, which Ousmane became President of. In the 2004 general elections , Ousmane was the CDS presidential candidate for the fourth time, finishing third with 17.4% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections, the party received 17.4% of the popular vote and won 22 of the 113 seats. Following the election,

92-486: A vote of no confidence. The election date was originally set by the Supreme Court on 19 June 2009. The Chairman of the 66 member decentralized organization which operates and certifies all elections, Niger National Independent Election Commission (CENI), Moumouni Hamidou stated, following the 18 June Court decision, that they would not hold the 4 August referendum, and were preparing almost 7 million voting cards for

115-610: The National Assembly in May 2009 and a constitution referendum was held in August 2009. The elections were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw Tandja's National Movement for the Society of Development (MNSD) win a landslide victory. The Independent Electoral Commission announced on 15 May 2009 that the elections would be held on 28 November 2009, between the first and second rounds of

138-596: The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism and the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally , with the joint list winning four seats. Jackou took one of the seats, becoming the PNA's first elected deputy. It retained its single seat in the 2009 parliamentary elections , but received no votes in the 2011 elections that followed a 2010 coup . In the 2016 parliamentary elections it received 0.5% of

161-524: The Nigerien Self-Management Party . The RSD increased its number of seats by eight from the previous elections in 2004, whilst the RDP gained an extra seat. Eleven independent candidates won the remaining seats, marking first time that independents have won seats in the assembly. The Constitutional Court had 15 days to validate the elections from the date of the announcement of the results. At

184-405: The 20 August legislative election. Despite this, Interior Minister Albade Abouba announced on 28 June, following Tandja's assumption of emergency powers, that both the 4 August referendum and the 20 August parliamentary elections would go ahead. On 19 August 2009, following the success of the referendum, it was announced that the parliamentary elections would be held on 20 October 2009, with

207-748: The CDS announced its final break with the MNSD government. The party withdrew from the government coalition and pulled its eight members from the Nigerien Council of Ministers . In a statement, the CDS demanded the President definitively submit to the Court's decision. The party also announced the creation of its own opposition coalition, the Movement for the Defence of Democracy (MDD) along with around five smaller parties including

230-422: The MNSD resumed its coalition government with CDS-Rahama, whose 22 seats give the President and Prime Minister a 69-seat majority in the National Assembly, with Ousmane re-elected as President of the National Assembly. The CDS held its sixth congress on 1 September 2007. On 25 June 2009, after President of Niger Mamadou Tandja dismissed the National Assembly over his plans to hold a constitutional referendum,

253-446: The MNSD. In January 1996 he was ousted in a coup . In presidential elections held in July that year, Ousmane finished second to coup leader Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara . The party boycotted the parliamentary elections later that year. Since 1999, the CDS has been in an alliance with the MNSD, forming part of the parliamentary majority and participating in the government; it did not nominate

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276-686: The UDR and the PDP. The group was in direct competition with the larger opposition front, the Front for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) led by the PNDS, and staged the two anti-referendum marches in Niamey. The party boycotted the October 2009 parliamentary elections . Following a 2010 coup , it ran in the 2011 general elections ; Ousmane finished fourth in the presidential ballot with 8% of

299-426: The constitution allowed the President to call referendums, it should not be interpreted to mean he could call referendums on the content of the constitution itself, because the presidential oath required him to respect the constitution. Tandja then promptly dissolved the National Assembly on 26 May. It was suggested that he did so because he was concerned that the government would lose its parliamentary majority and face

322-545: The constitution changed so that he would be allowed to run for re-election; those efforts were opposed by the opposition, as well as parties within the presidential majority coalition and some elements of the MNSD. In May 2009, after Tandja informed the National Assembly of his plans to call a referendum on the matter, 23 deputies asked the Constitutional Court to rule on whether he could do so. The Court ruled against Tandja on 25 May 2009; it said that although article 49 of

345-461: The official certification of the results on 11 November, the government announced that one seat in the Tassarra constituency, which had been won by an independent candidate, had been annulled by the Constitutional Court, and a by-election for that seat would take place at an unspecified date. Until that time, only 112 of the 113 representatives would be seated. A second change made by the court, annulling

368-477: The opposition boycott and warnings from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the elections were held as planned on 20 October. ECOWAS promptly suspended Niger "until constitutional legality is reinstated", stating that it would "not recognize the outcome" of the elections. Niger's Foreign Minister, Aichatou Mindaoudou , said on 21 October that ECOWAS had made a mistake in its "assessment of

391-480: The party won 22 of the 83 seats in the National Assembly , finishing second to the pro-military National Movement for the Development of Society (MNDS). In the subsequent presidential elections , CDS-Rahama leader Mahamane Ousmane was elected president, defeating the MNSD' Mamadou Tandja . In 1995 Ousmane called early parliamentary elections , which saw it gain two seats, but remain the second largest party behind

414-516: The planned presidential elections on 14 November and 6 December 2009. However, the Electoral Commission announced in June that the parliamentary elections would be moved to 20 August, two weeks after the controversial referendum on a new constitution that allowed Tandja to remain in office until 2012. This period prior to the elections was dominated by controversy regarding Tandja's efforts to have

437-443: The political situation in our country" and that Niger would try to convince ECOWAS to change its position, without "cast[ing] aspersions on ECOWAS". The turnout for the elections was 51.27% of the six million registered voters. According to official results announced by CENI President Moumouni Hamidou on 24 October the governing MNSD won the elections by taking 76 of 113 seats in the National Assembly. The MNSD had held 47 seats in

460-679: The previous assembly. Five parties considered allied to the MNSD won 25 seats: 15 for the Social Democratic Rally (RSD), seven for the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), one for the Rally of Nigerien Patriots (a party founded in June 2009 by a former cabinet minister), one for the Party of the Masses for Labour , one for the Union of Independent Nigeriens ( Union des Nigériens Indépendants ) and one for

483-468: The vote at a single polling station in Koygolo Commune, Boboye Department , Dosso Region did not change the overall result in that seat. In doing so the Court turned down several other appeals against the results, and declared that the five-year term of the 112 deputies had begun at 0:00 hours on 11 November 2009, and would end at exactly 24:00 hours on 11 November 2014. MNSD President Seyni Oumarou

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506-614: The vote, failing to win a seat. This article about a political party in Niger is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Democratic and Social Convention The Democratic and Social Convention - Rahama ( French : Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama , CDS-Rahama) is a political party in Niger . It was founded in January 1991. In the February 1993 parliamentary elections

529-508: The vote, whilst the party won only three seats in the National Assembly. In the 2016 general elections the party nominated Abdou Labo as its presidential candidate; he finished seventh in a field of fifteen candidates with 2% of the vote. In the National Assembly elections, the party retained its three seats. Nigerien parliamentary election, 2009 Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 20 October 2009, after President Mamadou Tandja dissolved

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