Chadian presidential election, 2011
The presidential election in Chad in 2011 was held April 25, 2011, after the originally scheduled date April 3 was postponed. The three main opposition parties boycotted the election, which officially ended with the victory of an incumbent President Idriss Déby.
Original candidate
- Idriss Deby (Patriotic welfare movement ), acting President
- Withdrawn Saleh Kebzabo (National Union for Democracy and Renewal ), candidacy
- Withdrawn Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué ( Union for Renewal and Democracy), candidacy
- Withdrawn Ngarléjy Yorongar (federal, Action for the Republic ), candidacy
- Albert Pahimi Padacké (National Rally for Democracy in Chad )
- Nadji Madou (Socialist Alliance for integrity renewal)
Controversies
On 25 March 2011 Kebzabo Saleh, the president of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal announced that a coalition of political parties has decided to suspend its participation in the Election Commission. Fifteen members of the Electoral Commission, who belonged to opposition parties withdrew from the Commission because they found the electoral process credible.
After the Chadian Electoral Code at least two-thirds of the 31 members of the Commission are necessary in order to be able to work. With the departure of 15 members, therefore, the necessary quorum was not reached.
Boycott
The principal opposition politician Saleh Kebzabo, Wadal Abdelkader Kamougue, and Ngarléjy Yorongar announced that they were boycotting the "election circus " and urged voters to equal this. Before, they had demanded electoral reforms such as the granting of new election identification cards. They also criticized the unfair conditions that had led to the defeat of the opposition in the parliamentary elections in Chad in 2011 and said a " historic swindle " in the presidential election ahead.
Election process
There were reports that polling stations N'Djamena opened very late, as election material and election officials arrived late.