20th century Djermakoye was the leader of one of two major factions that emerged in the
National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) in 1991. He was a member of the
Zarma (Djerma) ethnic group, which had previously dominated the party, but rival faction leader
Mamadou Tandja was elected as President of the MNSD in November 1991 the ANDP, as part of a coalition called the
Alliance of the Forces of Change (AFC), backed second-placed candidate
Mahamane Ousmane of the
Democratic and Social Convention in the run-off vote, and Ousmane prevailed against the MNSD's Tandja. The ANDP formed part of the AFC parliamentary majority after the
1993 parliamentary elections, in which the ANDP won 11 seats, with Djermakoye becoming President of the
National Assembly. In the
November 1996 parliamentary elections, which was boycotted by the opposition, the ANDP won eight seats, becoming the second-largest party in the National Assembly. In early 1998 the ANDP joined a pro-Maïnassara alliance of three parties, the Alliance of Democratic and Social Forces. On April 28, 1998, Djermakoye announced that the ANDP was splitting with Maïnassara, alleging that the latter had "humiliated and marginalised" the party. Djermakoye backed PNDS candidate
Mahamadou Issoufou in the second round of the presidential elections, although Issoufou was defeated by MNSD candidate Tandja.
21st century In July 2002, the ANDP joined the parliamentary majority coalition, the Alliance of Democratic Forces, leaving the opposition Coordination of Democratic Forces. Djermakoye joined the government as a Minister of State in November 2002, serving in that position until December 2004. On September 19, 2004, at the ANDP's third extraordinary congress, Djermakoye was again chosen by the party as its presidential candidate for the
upcoming general elections, saying that he did not intend to run again in the 2009 presidential election. In the presidential elections, he received 6% of the vote, taking fifth place. In the parliamentary elections the party received 5.44% of the popular vote, winning five of the 113 seats. The party was part of the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic alliance that boycotted the
2009 parliamentary elections. Djermakoye's brother
Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye, having retired from the military, was elected as ANDP President at an extraordinary party congress on 20 June 2010. He won the vote easily; he received 278 votes, while Amadou Nouhou received 85 votes and Ali Seyni Gado received 66 votes. With President Tandja ousted in the
2010 coup, the ANDP participated in the
2011 general elections. Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye stood as the party's presidential candidate, receiving 4% of the vote and finishing sixth in a field of ten candidates, whilst the party won eight seats in the National Assembly. At the ANDP's Sixth Ordinary Congress, held in
Maradi on 9–10 May 2015, Djermakoye was re-elected as president of the ANDP, with Dan Dijé as first vice-president, Mahamadou Adamou as second vice-president, and Saley Saidou as secretary-general. The party did not nominate a candidate for the
February 2016 presidential election, choosing to endorse the candidacy of incumbent President
Mahamadou Issoufou in the first round of voting. In the concurrent parliamentary election, it was reduced to four seats in the National Assembly. ==References==