At stake in this election:

• 83 seats in the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Djibo SALOU *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Mahamadou DANDA
• Assembly: Niger has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 113 seats.

* SALOU deposed President Mamadou TANDJA on 18 February 2010

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 105 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 8 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** In the ordinal tier, the threshold is 5 percent. There are 8 multi-seat districts corresponding to the country's eight regions plus Niamey. In the nominal tier, 8 single-seat districts are drawn to favor recognized minority groups.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya / Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme-Tarayya (PNDS-Tarayya)
  • Leader: Mahamadou ISSHOUFOU
  • Seats won in this election: 39
• Party: National Movement for a Developing Society-Nassara (MNSD-Nassara) / Mouvement national pour la société de développement
  • Leader: Seyni OUMAROU
  • Seats won in this election: 26
• Party: Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation / Mouvement Démocratique Nigérien pour une Fédération Africaine–Lumana Africa
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 23
• Party: Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Social Progress-Zaman Lahiya (ANDPS- Zaman Lahiya)
  • Leader: Moumouni Adamou DJERMAKOYE
  • Seats won in this election: 8
• Party: Rally for Democracy and Progress / Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès-Jama'a (RDP-Jama'a)
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 7
• Party: Democratic Social Convention-Rahama / Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama (CDS-Rahama)
  • Leader: Mahamane OUSMANE
  • Seats won in this election: 3
• Party: Union for Democracy and the Republic / Union pour la Démocratie et la République-Tabbat (UDR-TABBAT)
  • Leader: Boubacar CISSE
  • Seats won in this election: 6
• Party: National Union of Independents / Union Nationale des Indépendants
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 1

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 16,946,485 (2011)
• Registered Voters: 6,740,046 (2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 8,412,440 (2011)

·         Is Niger a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Niger ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (8 October 1999)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 15 (following the 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 188 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Niger a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Niger ratified CRPD: Yes (24 June 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 2,541,972 (est.)