Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gudanar da babban zaɓe a Nijar a 1999; zagaye na farko na zaɓen shugaban ƙasa an gudanar da shi a ranar 17 ga Oktoba, tare da zagaye na biyu da aka gudanar tare da zaɓen Majalisar Dokoki a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba. Zaben ya biyo bayan juyin mulkin da aka yi a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, wanda Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, wanda ya jagoranci juyin mulki a baya a watan Janairun 1996 kuma ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa da aka yi jayayya.
, an kashe shi. Shugaban juyin mulki Daouda Mallam Wanké ya fara wani lokacin sauyi wanda ya ƙare tare da nasarar Mamadou Tandja, dan takarar National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD), a kan Mahamadou Issoufou, dan takarar Jam'iyyar Nijar don Demokradiyya da Socialism (PNDS), a cikin gudu. Kuri'a don Majalisar Kasa ta Farko ta Jamhuriyar Biyar, wanda aka tsara a watan Oktoba, amma aka jinkirta a watan Agusta, ita ma ta ga nasarar MNSD, wanda ya lashe kujeru 38 daga cikin 83. Ya kafa kawance tare da Yarjejeniyar Demokradiyya da Social don samun rinjaye a Majalisar.