Kammala wannan jumla: Tare da sauran jam'iyyun adawa, PNDS sannan suka shiga kawance, Alliance of the Forces of Change (AFC). Wannan haɗin gwiwar ya mallaki yawancin kujerun da aka zaɓa a Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa. Daga baya a watan Fabrairun 1993, Issoufou ya yi takara a matsayin dan takarar PNDS a zaben shugaban kasa na 1993.
zaben shugaban kasa. Ya zo na uku, ya lashe kashi 15.92 na kuri'un. Daga nan AFC ta goyi bayan Mahamane Ousmane na biyu a matsayin shugaban kasa a zagaye na biyu na zaben, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 27 ga Maris. Ousmane ya lashe zaben, inda ya kayar da Tandja Mamadou, dan takarar jam'iyyar National Movement of the Development Society (MNSD); tare da AFC da ke rike da rinjaye a majalisar dokoki, Issoufou ya zama Firayim Minista a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1993.