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 Chad 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.[1]

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

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Idriss DébyPatriotic Salvation Movement1,016,27743.832,102,90771.59
Wadel Abdelkader KamouguéUnion for Renewal and Democracy287,51212.40834,56828.41
Saleh KebzaboNational Union for Democracy and Renewal199,6918.61
Jean Alingué BawoyeuUnion for Democracy and the Republic192,8168.32
Lol Mahamat ChouaRally for Democracy and Progress137,6125.93
Younous IbédouConvention of Social-Democrat Chadians76,2933.29
Adoum Moussa SeifNational Convention for Social Democracy67,4962.91
Abdoulaye LamanaNational Union63,6712.75
Delwa Kassiré KoumakoyeNational Rally for Development and Progress53,2602.30
Ngarlejy YorongarFederation, Action for the Republic48,4072.09
Mahamat AbdoulayePeople's Movement for Democracy in Chad47,8302.06
Abbas Mahamat AmbadiIndependent37,5681.62
Naimbaye LossimianAction for the Republic, Democracy and Development35,4201.53
Adoum Hassan IssaNational Union for the Reform of Chad28,8771.25
Elie RombaDemocratic Union for Progress in Chad26,0081.12
Total2,318,738100.002,937,475100.00
Valid votes2,318,73896.332,937,47597.68
Invalid/blank votes88,2243.6769,6992.32
Total votes2,406,962100.003,007,174100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,565,91367.503,871,04477.68
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p238 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  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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