Opposition (39) Other (5) The unicameral National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is Niger's legislative body.

During the course of military rule (1974–1991) a consultative body (the High Council of the Republic of Niger) was reformed to become analogous to a National Assembly.

[2][3][4][5] On 27 May 2009, the assembly was dissolved by Tandja Mamadou after his plan to hold a referendum was rejected by the Constitutional Court.

As part of the constitutional change, the introduction of a Senate was planned, at which point the National Assembly would have become the lower house of a bicameral parliament.

The multi-seat constituency members are elected using a party-list (Scrutin de liste) proportional representation system.

[10] One element of the Judiciary of Niger, the High Court of Justice, is composed of Deputies elected from within the National Assembly.