Niger's Independent National Electoral Commission officials compile the results of the presidential and legislative election at the Palais des Congres in Niamey on December 29, 2020. (File photo: AFP)

NIAMEY, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The candidate of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane from the Democratic and Republican Renewal are qualified for the second round of the presidential elections in Niger, winning 39.33 percent and 16.99 percent votes respectively, according to the provisional results made public on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).