Patriotic Movement for the Republic Mouvement Patriotique pour la Republique | |
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President | Albadé Abouba |
Founded | 11 October 2015 |
Split from | MNSD-Nassara |
Headquarters | Niamey |
Colors | Orange |
National Assembly | 14 / 171 |
Party flag | |
The Patriotic Movement for the Republic (French : Mouvement Patriotique pour la Republique, MPR-Jamhuriya) is a political party in Niger.
The party was launched on 11 October 2015 as a breakaway from the National Movement for the Development of Society. [1] [2]
It did not nominate a presidential candidate for the 2016 general elections, but received 7% of the vote in the National Assembly elections, winning thirteen seats and becoming the fourth-largest party in parliament. [3]
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result | |
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First round | Second round | ||||||
2016 | Did not take part | ||||||
2020-21 | Albadé Abouba | 338,511 | 7.1 (#4) | - | - | Lost |
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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2016 | Albadé Abouba | 343,150 | 7.2 (#4) | 13 / 171 | New | 4th |
2020 | 257,563 | 7.6 (#3) | 14 / 171 | 1 | 3rd |
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