A joint list of UPN and the Nigerien Action Bloc (BNA) of Issoufou Saïdou Djermakoye received some 126,000 votes in the January 1956 French parliamentary elections.[2][5] The list was the most voted-for, finishing in first place in seven provinces, and Condat won one of the two seats in the French National Assembly.[5] The UPN later merged into BNA.[2][5]