Elections in Niger

As of 11 September 2026, no official presidential, legislative, regional, municipal or referendum election date was identified in the reviewed presidential and government portals. Abdourahamane Tiani holds the title Président de la République by appointment rather than election. The transition framework provides for 60 months from 26 March 2025, with possible changes linked to security conditions, the refoundation process and the Alliance of Sahel States agenda. The transition also changed the institutional basis for elections. The Constitution of 2010 was suspended on 28 July 2023 and the previous institutions were dissolved. Ordonnance n° 2025-06 of 26 March 2025 dissolved all political parties. A new party and election framework has not been established in the available evidence. The Conseil consultatif de la Refondation (CCR) has 194 appointed members, including 156 men and 38 women. It is advisory and has no legislative mandate, so it is not an electoral replacement for a parliament. Under the previous framework, the Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) organized, conducted and monitored elections and announced provisional results. The Cour constitutionnelle, Niger's constitutional court, confirmed final results and heard electoral disputes. The Conseil supérieur de la communication (CSC) supervised election-related media coverage. The current government portal lists eight transition bodies, but does not list the former CENI or the Cour constitutionnelle. A current replacement for election administration or electoral litigation has not been established in the available evidence. The last completed electoral cycle began with local elections on 13 December 2020. Presidential and legislative elections followed on 27 December 2020, and the presidential runoff took place on 21 February 2021. The biometric register contained 7,446,556 voters in 2020. Thirty presidential candidates and 84 legislative lists took part in that cycle. The five diaspora seats in the 171-seat legislature were not filled, so 166 seats were occupied. The former presidential system used a direct two-round vote and an absolute majority. The presidential term was five years, with a maximum of two terms under the 2010 Constitution. The former legislature had 158 proportional seats elected in eight regions including Niamey, eight single-member seats for national minorities and five diaspora seats. Regional, municipal and arrondissement councils were directly elected through open-list proportional representation using the highest-average method, normally for five years. Under the former Electoral Code, Nigerien citizens of either sex could vote from age 18 on election day; emancipated minors were also included. Naturalized citizens and married citizens were included, while some exclusions from public office or elected mandates lasted five or ten years. Voters registered in the electoral district connected with their residence or stay, could not register more than once and needed to appear on the voter list. Citizens abroad used consular or embassy registration and a corresponding overseas list. The former registration calendar opened each year from 1 September to 31 December. The list had to be publicly displayed for at least one month and closed at least two months before a general election. The Electoral Code set minimum lead times of 90 days for a presidential election, 100 days for a legislative election, 90 days for regional or municipal elections and 60 days for a referendum. These historical deadlines do not establish a current timetable while no election has been officially scheduled. Voting was free, equal and secret, with direct or indirect voting depending on the election. In 2020, voters generally showed a biometric voter card and were checked against the electoral list. Officials usually marked the left thumb with indelible ink. Assistance could be requested, and people with disabilities, older voters, pregnant women and breastfeeding women often received priority. In an observation sample, 90% of polling stations used the biometric-card and list procedure; 72% were accessible and 28% were difficult to access. Ballot boxes were visible and sealed, and voters still waiting when a station closed were allowed to vote. Counting previously began immediately at the polling station and was public. A polling station team of fewer than five members conducted the count, after which the CENI collected results at communal, departmental and regional levels and announced provisional results. Results were sent to the Cour constitutionnelle within five days. The former court deadlines were 28 days for presidential results, 30 days for legislative results and 15 days for referendum results. Formal complaints and election disputes were brought before that court. In the 2020 observation sample, result sheets reached party delegates in 90% of polling stations, while only 30% displayed them publicly. No election fee was documented, but costs and deadlines for a future election cannot currently be determined.