A joint list of BNA and the Nigerien Progressive Union (UPN) of Georges Condat received around 126,000 votes in the January 1956 French parliamentary elections.[1][6] The list was the most voted-for, finishing in first place in seven provinces, and UPN leader Condat won one of the two seats in the French National Assembly.[6] The UPN later merged into BNA.[1][6] Following the merger Issoufou Saïdou served as the chairman of BNA, Condat and Sido Yacouba as vice chairmen, Tiémoko Coulibaly as general secretary and Adamou Mayaki as joint secretary.[7]