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%.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 8,424,504 (July 2000 est.)
• Registered Voters: 3,200,000 ( 1997 approx.)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 4,346,561 (2001)

·         Is Chad a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Chad ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (9 June 1995)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 3 (following 1997 parliamentary elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 185 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Central African Republic a signatory to CRPD: Yes (26 September 2012)

·         Has Central African Republic ratified CRPD: No

·         Population with a disability: 1,263,675 (est.)