IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Chad

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Country: Chad
Official Name: Republic of Chad
Election Type: Presidential
Date: May 20, 2001

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At stake in this election:

The office of President of Chad

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY
Head of Government: Prime Minister Pascal YOADIMNADJI
Assembly: Chad has a unicameral National Assembly with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
In the National Assembly, 100 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system and 100 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.***

*** In the National Assembly, 25 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies and the remaining 100 members are elected by a party-list system in 34 multi-member constituencies.

* has not yet been created and size is unspecified, members to serve six-year terms, one-third of membership renewable every two years.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

Idriss DEBY
Party: Patriotic Salvation Movement
Kassire COUMAKOYE
Party: National Assembly for Democracy and Progress
Jean-Bawoyeu ALINGU
Party: Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR)
Ngarlejy YORONGAR
Party: Front of Action Forces for the Republic
Saleh KEBZABO
Party: National Union for Development and Renewal (UNDR)
Wadal Abdelkader KAMOUGU
Party: Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD)
Ibni Oumar Mahamak SALEH
Party: Party for Liberties and Development (PLD)

Last Presidential election:

Presidential elections were last held on June 2, 1996 and July 11, 1996. President Lt. Gen Idriss DEBY received 69.1% of the vote in the second round, thereby defeating Wadal Abdelkader KAMOUGUE who received 30.9%.