Chadian presidential election, 1996

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Presidential election were held in Chad on 2 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July. This was the first multiparty presidential election in the history of Chad since its independence. It occurred at the end of a long transitional process and was repeatedly delayed. The election was won by the incumbent 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 placed 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 67.5% in the first round and 77.7% in the second.^[1]

Following his victory, Déby was sworn in on August 8, 1996.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Idriss Déby	Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS)	1,016,277	43.82	2.102.907	69.09
Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué	Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD)	287,512	12.39	834,568	30.91
Saleh Kebzabo	National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR)	199,691	8.61
Jean Alingué Bawoyeu	Union for Democracy and Republic (UDR)	192,816	8.30
Lol Mahamat Choua	Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)	137,612	5.93
Younous Ibédou	Convention of Social-Democrat Chadians	76,263	3.29
Adoum Moussa Seif	National Democratic and Social Convention (CNDS)	67,496	2.91
Abdoulaye Lamana	National Union (UN)	63,671	2.74
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye	National Rally for Development and Progress (RNDP)	53,260	2.29
Ngarlejy Yorongar	Federation, Action for the Republic (FAR)	48,407	2.08
Mahamat Abdoulaye	People's Movement for Democracy in Chad (MPDT)	47,830	2.06
Abbas Mahamat Ambadi	Independent	37,568	1.62
Naimbaye Lossimian	Action for the Republic, Democracy and Development (ARD)	35,420	1.52
Adoum Hassan Issa	National Union for the Reform of Chad	28,877	1.24
Elie Romba	Democratic Union for Progress in Chad (UDPT)	26,008	1.12
Invalid/blank votes		88,224	-	69,699	-
Total		2,406,962	100	3,007,174	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p238 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
^ Jean Telé Udimba, "LE PRÉSIDENT DÉBY VEUT FAIRE PLUS ENCORE", Diplomat Investissement, March-April 2006, page 9.

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