Presidential elections were held in

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on 27 February 1993, with a second round on 27 March after no candidate passed the 50% barrier in the first round. They were the first multi-candidate presidential elections held in the country since independence in 1960, following constitutional changes approved in a

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the previous year. Although

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of the ruling

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(which had emerged as the largest party in the

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) won the most votes in the first round, he lost in the second round to

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of the

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party.Elections in Djibouti
African Elections database Voter turnout was only 32.5% in the first round and 35.2% in the second.

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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p690

Results

References

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Presidential elections in Niger