General elections were held in

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on 10 December 1989 to elect a

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and

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. They were the first elections since 1970, and followed the approval of a new constitution in a

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in September, which had made the country a

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with the

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as the sole legal party. As a result, its leader, the incumbent president

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, was elected unopposed, and the party won all 93 seats in the Assembly. Voter turnout was 95%.

Results

For the first time, women won seats in the National Assembly, with Roukayatou Abdou Issaka, Bibata Adamou Dakaou, Souna Hadizatou Diallo,

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and Marie Lebihan becoming the country's first female members of parliament.Alice J. Kang (2015
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References

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