Cika wannan jumla:
Zaben shugaban kasa na watan Yulin 1996, wanda Mainassara ya ci nasara a zagaye na farko, dan takarar PNDS Issoufou a hukumance ya kammala a matsayi na hudu tare da kashi 7.60% na kuri'un. Tare da sauran jam'iyyun adawa, sun haɗu tare a matsayin Front for the Restoration and Defense of Democracy, PNDS sun yi watsi da zaben 'yan majalisa na Nuwamba 1996.