Ousmane received second place, with 19.75% of the vote, in the July 7-8, 1996 presidential election, which was won by Maïnassara;[REF] on the second day of polling he was again placed under house arrest and was freed after two weeks [REF].
The November 1999 parliamentary election gave a majority to an alliance of Tandja's MNSD and Ousmane's CDS [REF].