The Party for National Unity and Democracy (french: Parti pour l'unité nationale et la démocratie, PUND–Salama) is a small

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. Its support base is amongst the

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and other communities in the north of Niger.

History

Established in 1992 by Akoli Daouel, the party received 0.1% of the vote in the 1993 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. However, after increasing its vote share to 2.4% in the 1995 elections, it won three seats. It subsequently joined the Alliance of the Forces of Change coalition of

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.Elections held in 1993

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In the 1996 elections it lost parliamentary representation. The party did not contest the 1999 general elections, but ran in the 2004 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. Despite increasing its vote share from 0.1% to 1.4%, it remained seatless following the

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. It did not run in the 2011 general elections, but contested the 2016 parliamentary elections, again failing to win a seat.

References

{{Nigerien political parties Political parties in Niger 1992 establishments in Niger Political parties established in 1992