Chadian presidential election, 2001

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A presidential election was held in Chad on May 20, 2001. President Idriss Déby stood as a candidate for a second term. He obtained the support of a former opponent, Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).

The election results, showing a first-round majority for Déby, were contested by all of the opposition candidates. On May 28 the former six candidates against Déby were briefly arrested after meeting at the home of one of them, Saleh Kebzabo, and four opposition activists were killed in the action [1]. They were released half-an-hour later.

Two days later, the six and as many as 40 activists were once again arrested as the opposition prepared to lead a funeral procession for one of those killed two days earlier. They were all released after a direct phone call to Déby from the World Bank's President James Wolfensohn.

Déby was sworn in for another term on August 8, 2001.^[1]

**Summary of the 20 May 2001 Chadian presidential election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes	%
Idriss Déby	Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS)	1,533,509	63.17
Ngarlejy Yorongar	Federation, Action for the Republic (FAR)	396,864	16.35
Saleh Kebzabo	National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR)	169,917	7.00
Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué	Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD)	146,125	6.02
Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh	Party for Liberty and Development (PLD)	70,248	2.89
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye	National Rally for Development and Progress (RNDP)	57,382	2.36
Jean Alingué Bawoyeu	Union for Democracy and Republic (UDR)	53,513	2.20
Total (turnout 61.4 %)		2,427,558	100

References

^ Jean Telé Udimba, "LE PRÉSIDENT DÉBY VEUT FAIRE PLUS ENCORE", Diplomat Investissement, March-April 2006, page 9.

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Chadian presidential election, 2001