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The unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's legislative body.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 4 December 2004, has a total of 113 members. 105 members are elected in 8 multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation system. The remaining 8 members are elected in special single-member constituencies to ensure the representation of national minority communities. All members serve five-year terms.

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**Summary of the 4 December 2004 **National Assembly of Niger** election results**
Parties		%	Seats
National Movement for the Development of Society (Mouvement National de la Societé de Développement-Nassara)		37.2	47
PNDS and allies	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme)	13.4	17
	Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien) and Nigerien Self-Management Party (Parti Nigérien pour l’Autogestion-Al'ouma)	2.7	4
	Combined list with Union of Independent Nigeriens (Union des Nigériens Indépendants) and Union for Democracy and the Republic (Union pour la Démocratie et la République-Tabbat)	3.3	2
	Combined list with Nigerien Progressive Party-African Democratic Rally (Parti Progressiste Nigérien-Rassemblement Démocratique Nigerien)	1.9	2
Democratic and Social Convention (Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama)		17.4	22
Social Democratic Rally (Rassemblement social démocratique-Gaskiya)		7.1	7
Rally for Democracy and Progress (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès-Jama'a)		6.5	6
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Alliance nigérienne pour la démocratie et le progrès-Zaman Lahiya)		5.4	5
Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger (Parti pour le socialisme et la démocratie au Niger-Alheri)		1.3	1
Total (turnout 44.7 %)			113
Source: africanelections.tripod.com