Twelve days to the takeoff of campaign for the 2023 elections, some Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom have resolved to rally other pro-democracy
2021-01-02 11:05:09 GMT2021-01-02 19:05:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NIAMEY, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) The candidate of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane from the Democratic and Republican Renewal are qualified for the second round of the presidential elections in Niger, winning 39.33 percent and 16.99 percent votes respectively, according to the provisional results made public on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).
According to Niger s Constitution, the presidential term of Niger is five years, presidential candidate who gets more than 50 percent of the votes will win the election. If no one gets more than half of the votes in the first round, the candidates with the top two votes will enter the second round of competition.