Niger President Mamadou Tandja's ruling party beat out the opposition to win a parliamentary election, Reuters reported.
Tandja's party brought in more than 50 percent of the votes, a senior party official said, according to Reuters.
Most of the opposition party boycotted the poll.
West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS suspended the country's membership over the election, according to Reuters.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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