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on 5 January 1997, with a second round on 23 February. They were the first multi-party elections since independence in 1960 and resulted in a victory for the ruling
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widespread vote rigging, and local irregularities marred these elections, as the
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A total of 30 parties contested the elections, putting forward 656 candidates.
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National Union Party for
Democracy, Dialogue and Development of Chad
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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956:National Democratic and Social Convention
628:. However, the elections were marred by
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17:1997 Chadian parliamentary election
1438:Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad
644:The elections were held using the
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1793:Elections and referendums in Chad
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844:Party for Liberty and Development
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932:National Action for Development
724:Union for Renewal and Democracy
47:23 February 1997 (second round)
2049:February 1997 events in Africa
1169:Movement for Democracy in Chad
1:
2044:January 1997 events in Africa
1703:as Prime Minister on 21 May.
1335:Rally of Nationalist Chadians
1701:Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido
700:Patriotic Salvation Movement
622:Patriotic Salvation Movement
45:5 January 1997 (first round)
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979:Convention for Democracy
419:Administrative divisions
206:Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh
1854:Parliamentary elections
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2034:1997 in Chad
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1698:
1686:
675:Second round
655:
643:
615:
482:
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387:
348:
337:Mahamat DĂ©by
312:Human rights
305:Constitution
44:
1966:Referendums
1647:Total votes
1609:Valid votes
672:First round
553:Visa policy
431:Departments
378:(dissolved)
98:Idriss DĂ©by
2023:Categories
1983:1946 (Oct)
1978:1946 (May)
1947:1946 (Nov)
1942:1946 (Jun)
1707:References
325:Government
1695:Aftermath
1675:1,733,931
1669:3,248,333
1650:1,367,687
1612:1,261,296
1588:1,261,296
444:Elections
400:Judiciary
384:President
332:President
652:Campaign
543:Passport
517:Minister
1862:1946–47
1656:787,273
1631:106,391
1618:761,895
1594:761,895
734:214,548
728:165,639
710:262,060
704:504,045
660:Results
535:in Chad
426:Regions
79:Leader
1730:
1687:et al.
1659:100.00
1653:100.00
1637:25,378
1597:100.00
1591:100.00
1424:19,878
1400:18,389
1082:12,875
1066:17,133
1060:14,274
1040:14,488
1018:14,909
1000:15,223
982:15,226
966:33,574
960:19,899
942:14,732
936:20,572
918:18,345
912:20,630
894:25,764
888:21,874
872:18,764
866:25,603
848:33,344
824:48,948
806:32,274
800:50,627
782:63,549
776:76,156
758:13,140
752:84,372
388:Vacant
349:Vacant
120:13.13
102:39.96
87:Seats
1726:p227
1678:45.40
1672:42.10
1621:96.78
1615:92.22
1585:Total
1482:1,172
1466:5,595
1460:1,417
1442:1,502
1418:1,915
1394:2,096
1374:2,146
1356:2,516
1338:2,516
1320:3,891
1302:4,324
1282:4,666
1262:5,186
1244:5,722
1226:6,242
1208:6,282
1190:6,355
1172:7,026
1154:8,252
1136:8,611
1118:8,847
1100:9,380
1024:1,731
830:2,419
737:28.16
731:13.13
713:34.40
707:39.96
689:Votes
683:Votes
678:Seats
669:Party
261:0.15
252:ACTUS
243:1.58
225:1.63
210:2.64
192:3.88
174:4.01
156:6.04
138:6.69
76:Party
2008:2023
2003:2005
1998:1996
1993:1989
1988:1958
1973:1945
1957:1956
1952:1951
1937:1945
1918:2024
1912:2011
1907:2002
1902:1997
1897:1990
1892:1969
1887:1963
1882:1962
1877:1959
1872:1957
1867:1952
1844:2024
1839:2021
1834:2016
1829:2011
1824:2006
1819:2001
1814:1996
1809:1969
1728:ISBN
1640:3.22
1634:7.78
1575:0.03
1557:0.03
1539:0.04
1521:0.05
1503:0.05
1485:0.09
1469:0.73
1463:0.11
1445:0.12
1427:2.61
1421:0.15
1403:2.41
1397:0.17
1377:0.17
1359:0.20
1341:0.20
1323:0.31
1305:0.34
1285:0.37
1265:0.41
1247:0.45
1229:0.49
1211:0.50
1193:0.50
1175:0.56
1157:0.65
1139:0.68
1121:0.70
1103:0.74
1085:1.02
1069:2.25
1063:1.13
1043:1.15
1037:PLUS
1027:0.23
1021:1.18
1003:1.21
985:1.21
969:4.41
963:1.58
945:1.93
939:1.63
921:2.41
915:1.64
897:3.38
891:1.73
875:2.46
869:2.03
851:2.64
833:0.32
827:3.88
809:4.24
803:4.01
785:8.34
779:6.04
761:1.72
755:6.69
618:Chad
483:2024
477:2011
464:2024
458:2021
234:CNDS
147:UNDR
52:2002
40:1990
1748:IPU
1600:125
1572:354
1554:380
1536:453
1518:663
1500:678
219:AND
201:PLD
183:UDR
165:FAR
159:15
129:RDP
123:29
111:URD
105:65
93:MPS
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