The Party for National Unity and Democracy (french: Parti pour l'unité nationale et la démocratie, PUND–Salama) is a small
political party
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in
Niger
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Tuareg
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and other communities in the north of Niger.
History
Established in 1992 by
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, the party received 0.1% of the vote in the 1993 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. However, after increasing its vote share to 2.4% in the
1995 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1995.
Africa
* 1995 Algerian presidential election
* 1995 Beninese parliamentary election
* 1995 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
* 1995 Ethiopian general election
* 1995 Guinean legislative elec ...
, it won three seats. It subsequently joined the
Alliance of the Forces of Change
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The AFC was formed following the end of military ...
coalition of
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Mahamane Ousmane
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In the
1996 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1996.
* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
* 1996 Beninese presidential election
* 1996 Comorian presidential election
* 1996 New Zealand general election
* 1996 Nicaraguan general electio ...
it lost parliamentary representation.
The party did not contest the 1999 general elections, but ran in the 2004 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. Despite increasing its vote share from 0.1% to 1.4%, it remained seatless following the
2009 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2009.
* Electoral calendar 2009
* 2009 United Nations Security Council election
Caribbean
* 2009 Antiguan general election
* 2009 Aruban general election
* 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendum
* ...