Kammala wannan jumla: Issoufou ya kasance na huɗu (suna karɓar kashi 7.60% na kuri'un) a cikin kuskuren da aka yi a cikin watan Yuli 7-8
Zaben shugaban kasa na 1996 wanda ya baiwa Maïnassara cikakken nasara. Tare da sauran 'yan takarar adawa guda uku, an sanya Issoufou a gidan yari a rana ta biyu ta jefa kuri'a kuma an tsare shi tsawon makonni biyu. Bayan haka, ya ƙi ganawa da Maïnassara, ya yi kira ga Kotun Koli don a soke zaben, kuma PNDS ta kira ga zanga-zanga. A ranar 26 ga Yuli an sake sanya shi a gidan yari, tare da wani babban memba na PNDS, Mohamed Bazoum; an sake su bisa umarnin alkali a ranar 12 ga Agusta. Bayan zanga-zangar neman dimokiradiyya a ranar 11 ga Janairu 1997, an kama Issoufou tare da Ousmane da Tandja kuma an tsare su har zuwa 23 ga Janairu.