1996 Chadian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in
President Idriss Déby, who easily defeated a prominent southern politician, Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué, in the second round. Déby benefited from the support of another southern politician, Saleh Kebzabo, who finished third in the first round. The election was marred by widespread and credible reports of electoral fraud and government intimidation of opposition forces, confirmed by international observers. Voter turnout was 68% in the first round and 78% in the second.[1]
Following his victory, Déby was sworn in on 8 August 1996.[2]
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Idriss Déby | Patriotic Salvation Movement | 1,016,277 | 43.83 | 2,102,907 | 71.59 | |
| Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué | Union for Renewal and Democracy | 287,512 | 12.40 | 834,568 | 28.41 | |
| Saleh Kebzabo | National Union for Democracy and Renewal | 199,691 | 8.61 | |||
| Jean Alingué Bawoyeu | Union for Democracy and the Republic | 192,816 | 8.32 | |||
| Lol Mahamat Choua | Rally for Democracy and Progress | 137,612 | 5.93 | |||
| Younous Ibédou | Convention of Social-Democrat Chadians | 76,293 | 3.29 | |||
| Adoum Moussa Seif | National Democratic and Social Convention | 67,496 | 2.91 | |||
| Abdoulaye Lamana | National Union | 63,671 | 2.75 | |||
| Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye | National Rally for Development and Progress | 53,260 | 2.30 | |||
| Ngarlejy Yorongar | Federation, Action for the Republic | 48,407 | 2.09 | |||
| Mahamat Abdoulaye | People's Movement for Democracy in Chad | 47,830 | 2.06 | |||
| Abbas Mahamat Ambadi | Independent | 37,568 | 1.62 | |||
| Naimbaye Lossimian | Action for the Republic, Democracy and Development | 35,420 | 1.53 | |||
| Adoum Hassan Issa | National Union for the Reform of Chad | 28,877 | 1.25 | |||
| Elie Romba | Democratic Union for Progress in Chad | 26,008 | 1.12 | |||
| Total | 2,318,738 | 100.00 | 2,937,475 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,318,738 | 96.33 | 2,937,475 | 97.68 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 88,224 | 3.67 | 69,699 | 2.32 | ||
| Total votes | 2,406,962 | 100.00 | 3,007,174 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,565,913 | 67.50 | 3,871,044 | 77.68 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||||
References
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ LE PRÉSIDENT DÉBY VEUT FAIRE PLUS ENCORE Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Diplomat Investissement, March–April 2006, p9
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