1996 Chadian presidential election

Election of Idriss Déby Chad presidential 1969 Chadian presidential election 1969 2 June 1996 (first round)3 July 1996 (second round) 2001 Chadian presidential election 2001 67.50% (first round)77.68% (second round) Idriss Déby at the White House in 2014.jpg Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement 2,102,907 71.59% 3x4.svg Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué Union for Renewal and Democracy 834,568 28.41% President Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement Presidential elections were held in Chad on 2 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July. They were the first multiparty presidential elections in the history of ChadThe Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments 1989–2014 2015 Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform 234–238 Cheeseman Nic https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/democracy-in-africa/fate-of-africas-democratic-experiments-19892014/DA50F32498C1D14DF4AAA43175265455 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/CBO9781139030892.009 978-0-521-13842-0 subscription and occurred at the end of a long transitional process after repeated delays. The elections were 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 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.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p238 0-19-829645-2 Following his victory, Déby was sworn in on 8 August 1996.LE PRÉSIDENT DÉBY VEUT FAIRE PLUS ENCORE https://web.archive.org/web/20080228151942/http://www.chadembassy-usa.org/images/special_tchad.pdf February 28, 2008 Diplomat Investissement, March–April 2006, p9 Results Idriss Déby Patriotic Salvation Movement 1016277 2102907 Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué Union for Renewal and Democracy 287512 834568 Saleh Kebzabo National Union for Democracy and Renewal 199691 Jean Alingué Bawoyeu Union for Democracy and the Republic 192816 Lol Mahamat Choua Rally for Democracy and Progress 137612 Younous Ibédou Convention of Social-Democrat Chadians 76293 Adoum Moussa Seif National Democratic and Social Convention 67496 Abdoulaye Lamana fr National Union 63671 Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye National Rally for Development and Progress 53260 Ngarlejy Yorongar Federation, Action for the Republic 48407 Mahamat Abdoulaye People's Movement for Democracy in Chad 47830 Abbas Mahamat Ambadi Independent 37568 Naimbaye Lossimian Action for the Republic, Democracy and Development 35420 Adoum Hassan Issa National Union for the Reform of Chad 28877 Elie Romba Democratic Union for Progress in Chad 26008 88224 69699 3565913 3871044 Nohlen et al. References Category:Presidential elections in Chad Presidential election Chad Chad Chad