Chadian parliamentary election, 1997

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chad in 1997, the first multi-party election since independence in 1960. The voting system was similar to that of France, using runoff voting, with two separate rounds of voting, the first on 5 January and the second on 23 February in those constituencies where no candidate has gotten more than 50% at the first round.

The elections were won by the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS); but, according to credible reports, electoral fraud, widespread vote rigging, and local irregularities marred these elections, as the 1996 presidential elections. Voter tutnout was 45.6% in the first round and 45.3% in the second.

Results

Party	First round		Second round		Seats
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS)	504,045	40.0	262,060	34.4	65
Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD)	165,639	13.1	214,548	28.2	29
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)	84,372	6.7	13,140	1.7	3
National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR)	76,156	6.0	63,549	8.3	15
Federation, Action for the Republic (FAR)	50,627	4.0	32,274	4.2	1
Union for Democracy and Republic (UDR)	48,948	3.9	2,419	0.3	4
Party for Liberty and Development (PLD)	33,344	2.6	-	-	3
UCD	25,603	2.0	18,764	2.5	0
Movement for Democracy and Socialism in Chad	21,874	1.7	25,764	3.4	0
Viva-National rally for Democracy and Progress	20,630	1.6	18,345	2.4	0
National Alliance for Democracy and Development (AND)	20,572	1.6	14,732	1.9	2
National Democratic and Social Convention (CNDS)	19,899	1.6	33,574	4.4	1
Convention for Democracy	15,226	1.2	-	-	0
Convention of Social-Democratic Chadians	15,223	1.2	-	-	0
Party for Unity and National Reconstruction	14,909	1.8	1,731	0.2	0
PLUS	14,488	1.1	-	-	0
National Union	14,274	1.1	17,133	2.2	0
African Party for Progress and Social Justice	12,875	1.0	-	-	0
National Democratic Rally of Chad	9,380	0.7	-	-	0
National Union for Democracy and Progress	8,847	0.7	-	-	0
Social Movement for Democracy in Chad	8,611	0.7	-	-	0
Union of Democratic Forces	8,252	0.6	-	-	0
Movement for Democracy in Chad	7,026	0.6	-	-	0
National Party of Democratic Renewal	6,355	0.5	-	-	0
Rally for Progress and Social Justice	6,282	0.5	-	-	0
National Union for the Renewal of Chad	6,242	0.5	-	-	0
RNDA	5,722	0.4	-	-	0
Democratic Union for the Progress of Chad	5,186	1.2	-	-	0
Action for Renewal of Chad	4,666	0.4	-	-	0
Chadian Democratic Union	4,324	1.2	-	-	0
Chadian People's Rally	3,891	0.3	-	-	0
Rally of Nationalist Chadians	2,516	0.2	-	-	0
National Movement of Democratic Renovators	2,516	0.2	-	-	0
PUNDTT	2,146	0.2	-	-	0
LINGUI	2,096	0.2	18,389	2.4	0
Action for Unity and Socialism (ACTUS)	1,915	0.1	19,878	2.6	2
Rally of Democratic Forces of Chad	1,502	0.1	-	-	0
Social-Democratic Party of Chad	1,417	0.1	5,595	0.7
Democratic Rally of Chad	1,172	0.1	-	-	0
Republican Front	678	0.1	-	-	0
Movement for Unity and Democracy in Chad	663	1.2	-	-	0
Democratic Party of Chad	453	0.0	-	-	0
National Union for Democracy and Development	380	0.0	-	-	0
Committee of National Revival for Peace and Democracy	354	0.0	-	-	0
Invalid/blank votes	106,391	-	25,378	-	-
Total	1,481,628	100	784,636	100	125
Source: Nohlen et al

External links

• Elections in Chad African Elections Database
• Parliamentary election of 1997 EISA