Tuesday, March 22, 2011

NIGER - The historical opponent elected president

Mahamadou Issoufou, NHDP-party candidate Tarraya was named winner of the Nigerian Presidential with 57.95% of the votes from the election of 12 March, reports the news site medianiger. info. The announcement of the results was made by the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the turnout was 48.17%.

Aged 59, Mahamadou Issoufou was elected for a term of 5 years. Five-time nominee for the presidency, he was defeated in 1999 and 2004 against Mamadou Tanja, the former president dismissed by a military coup. It has long been a history of opposing the old regime represented in this election by his opponent, Seini Oumarou, the unsuccessful candidate MNSD-Nassara who obtained 42.05% of votes.

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