List of political parties in Niger

This article lists political parties in Niger. Niger has a multi-party system, with two to three strong political parties and smaller parties electorally successful to take seats in the National Assembly. These smaller parties frequently enter into electoral coalitions with their more powerful opponents, forming blocs in both government and opposition.

Party naming

Nigerien political parties are commonly known both by their acronyms and a nickname. The latter tradition began prior to independence with the Nigerien Democratic Union-Sawaba. Sawaba ("Freedom" in Hausa) became the most common name of the party. Today all large parties have an official "nickname", usually in Hausa, Djerma or other national languages, while the official party name is in French.^{[citation needed]}

Multi-party democracy

Niger banned all opposition parties from 1959 (prior to independence) to 1991. During the First Republic (1960–1974), the PPN-RDA was the sole party. From 1987-1991, MNSD-Nassara was the only legal party. Both parties survive in somewhat altered forms.^{[citation needed]}

Parties

Parties represented in parliament

	Abbr.	Est.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Assembly
Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism Parti nigérien pour la démocratie et le socialisme	PNDS–Tarayya	1990	Mahamadou Issoufou	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism	79 / 171
Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation Mouvement démocratique nigérien pour une fédération africaine	MODEN/FA–Lumana	2009	Hama Amadou	Centre-right	Islamic democracy Pan-Africanism	19 / 171
Patriotic Movement for the Republic Mouvement patriotique pour la république	MPR–Jamuhria	2015	Albadé Abouba	Centre-right		14 / 171
National Movement for the Development of Society Mouvement national pour la société de développement	MNSD–Nassara	1989	Seyni Oumarou	Centre-right	Conservatism	13 / 171
Democratic and Republican Renewal Renouveau démocratique et républicain	RDR–Tchandji	2020	Mahamane Ousmane			7 / 171
Congress for the Republic Congrès pour la République	CPR–Inganci	2014	Kassoum Moctar [de]			8 / 171
Nigerien Patriotic Movement Mouvement patriotique nigérien	MPN–Kiishin Kassa	2015	Ibrahim Yacouba			6 / 171
Peace, Justice, Progress [fr; de] Paix justice progrès–Génération Doubara	PJP–Génération Doubara	2020	Salou Djibo			2 / 171
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress Alliance nigérienne pour la démocratie et le progrès	ANDP–Zaman Lahiya	1992	Moussa Hassane Barazé [de]		Progressivism	3 / 171
Rally for Democracy and Progress Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès	RDP–Jama'a	1997	Hamid Algabid		Progressive conservatism	2 / 171
Rally for Peace and Progress Rassemblement pour la paix et le progrès	RPP–Farrilla	2020	Oumarou Malam Alma [fr]			2 / 171
Alliance for Democratic Renewal Alliance pour le renouveau démocratique	ARD–Adaltchi Mutuntchi	2010	Laouan Magagi [de]			2 / 171
Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger Alliance des mouvements pour l’émergence du Niger	AMEN–AMIN	2015	Omar Hamidou Tchiana [de]			2 / 171
Democratic Movement for the Emergence of Niger [fr; de] Mouvement démocratique pour l'émergence du Niger	MDEN–Falala	2020	Tidjani Abdoulkadri			2 / 171
Social Democratic Rally Rassemblement social-démocrate	RSD–Gaskiya	2004	Amadou Cheiffou	Centre-left	Social democracy	1 / 171
Democratic Alternation for Equity in Niger [fr; de] Alternance démocratique pour l'équité au Niger	ADEN–Karkaraa	2019	Ousmane Amadou [de]			1 / 171
Social Democratic Party Parti social-démocrate	PSD–Bassira	2015	Sanoussi Mareini	Centre-left	Social democracy	1 / 171
Alliance for Democracy and the Republic [fr; de] Alliance pour la démocratie et la république	ADR–Mahita	2020	Ousmane Idi Ango [fr]			1 / 171
Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace [fr; de] Rassemblement nigérien pour la démocratie et la paix	RNDP–Aneima Banizoumbou	2019	Mounkaila Issa [de]			1 / 171

Smaller contemporary parties

Nigerien Self-Management Party PNA-Al'ouma (Parti Nigérien pour l’Autogestion-Al'ouma)
Republican Party for Liberty and Progress-Nakowa PRLPN-Nakowa
Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger PSDN-Alheri (Parti pour le socialisme et la démocratie au Niger-Alheri)
Union for Democracy and Social Progress-Amana UDPS-Amana
Union for Democracy and the Republic UDR-Tabbat (Union pour la Démocratie et la République-Tabbat)
Union of Independent Nigeriens UNI (Union des Nigériens Indépendants)
Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots-Chamoua UPDP-Chamoua
Nigerien Development Party

Previously dominant parties

Democratic and Social Convention CDS-Rahama (Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama)
Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally PPN-RDA (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien)
Union of Popular Forces for Democracy and Progress-Sawaba UDFP-Sawaba
Nigerien Action Bloc (BNA): 1946–53/1956–57
Union of Nigerien Independents and Sympathisers (UNIS) 1953–57
Party of Independents, Niger–East (Parti Independent du Niger-Est, PINE) 1948–53
Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) 1956–58

Coalitions

Alliance of the Forces of Change (AFC): a nine (later six) party coalition from 1991-1996. Ruling coalition from 1993-1994.
Union for the Franco-African Community (UCFA): PPN led pro-French Union coalition: 1958.
Coordination of Democratic Forces (CFD, Coordination des forces démocratiques): 11 party opposition coalition from 2004. Led by PNDS. Included PPN, PNA-Al'ouma, UNI, UDR-Tabbat.

References

Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Boston & Folkestone, 1997. pp. 247–255 ("Political Parties"). ISBN 0-8108-3136-8