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06NDJAMENA771
2006-05-31 16:06:00
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Embassy Ndjamena
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CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF, AF/C, DRL, PRM,
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM CD
SUBJECT: CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY
LESS.
UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000771
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF, AF/C, DRL, PRM,
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM CD
SUBJECT: CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY
LESS.
1. (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May
the official results of the 3 May presidential elections.
The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner
in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast,
from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7
million registered voters. Former Prime Minister Kassire
Coumakoye of the National Rally for Democracy and Progress
(Viva RNDP) officially received 15.3 percent, and 7.82
percent went to Minister of Agriculture Albert Panimi
Padacke (National Rally of Chadian Democrats -- RNDT-le
Reveil). Two other candidates, Minister-Delegate for
Decentralization Mahamat Abdoulaye (Movement for Peace and
Development in Chad -- MPDT) and Brahim Koulamallah of the
Reformed Chadian Socialist Movement (MSA/R) were credited
with 7.07 percent and 5.31 percent of the vote,
respectively.
2. (SBU) The official results differed from those
provisionally announced shortly after the election by the
National Independent Electoral Commission (Commission
Electorale Nationale Independante -- CENI). The
Constitutional Council revised downward Deby's total and the
turnout figure, and the opponents' totals upward.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CENI (percent) COUNCIL (percent)
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TURNOUT 61.49 53.8
DEBY ITNO 77.53 64.67
COUMAKOYE 8.81 15.15
PANIMI PADACKE 5.35 7.82
ABDOULAYE 4.64 7.07
KOULAMALLAH 3.67 5.31
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COMMENT
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3. (SBU) One press report called the Constitutional
Council's numbers a "desperate attempt to make credible the
electoral farce of 3 May." As noted reftel, we have good
reason to believe many of the ballots counted arrived in the
voting urns by fraudulent means. Given that there is little
confidence among Chadians in any aspect of the electoral
process, we do not expect the more realistic numbers to
increase confidence in the legitimacy of President Deby
Itno's third term. END COMMENT.
WALL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF, AF/C, DRL, PRM,
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM CD
SUBJECT: CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY
LESS.
1. (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May
the official results of the 3 May presidential elections.
The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner
in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast,
from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7
million registered voters. Former Prime Minister Kassire
Coumakoye of the National Rally for Democracy and Progress
(Viva RNDP) officially received 15.3 percent, and 7.82
percent went to Minister of Agriculture Albert Panimi
Padacke (National Rally of Chadian Democrats -- RNDT-le
Reveil). Two other candidates, Minister-Delegate for
Decentralization Mahamat Abdoulaye (Movement for Peace and
Development in Chad -- MPDT) and Brahim Koulamallah of the
Reformed Chadian Socialist Movement (MSA/R) were credited
with 7.07 percent and 5.31 percent of the vote,
respectively.
2. (SBU) The official results differed from those
provisionally announced shortly after the election by the
National Independent Electoral Commission (Commission
Electorale Nationale Independante -- CENI). The
Constitutional Council revised downward Deby's total and the
turnout figure, and the opponents' totals upward.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CENI (percent) COUNCIL (percent)
-------------- --------------
TURNOUT 61.49 53.8
DEBY ITNO 77.53 64.67
COUMAKOYE 8.81 15.15
PANIMI PADACKE 5.35 7.82
ABDOULAYE 4.64 7.07
KOULAMALLAH 3.67 5.31
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COMMENT
--------------
3. (SBU) One press report called the Constitutional
Council's numbers a "desperate attempt to make credible the
electoral farce of 3 May." As noted reftel, we have good
reason to believe many of the ballots counted arrived in the
voting urns by fraudulent means. Given that there is little
confidence among Chadians in any aspect of the electoral
process, we do not expect the more realistic numbers to
increase confidence in the legitimacy of President Deby
Itno's third term. END COMMENT.
WALL