political party
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in
Niger
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, languages_type = National languagesOctober 1999 general elections it nominated
Amadou Ali Djibo Amadou Ali Djibo dit Max is a Nigerien politician. He leads the Union of Independent Nigeriens (UNI) and was a minor candidate in the 1999 presidential election. He was a Deputy in the National Assembly of Niger from 2009 to 2010 and again since 20 ...
as its presidential candidate; he finished last in a field of seven candidates with 2% of the vote. The party also failed to win a seat in the
National Assembly
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, after receiving 1.25% of the vote.
The party contested the 2004 general elections in alliance with the
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
The Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme, PNDS-Tarayya) is a political party in Niger. It is a broadly left-leaning party, part of the Socialist International, and since 2011 it h ...