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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Chad on 29 December 2024, along with elections for regional and local offices. [1]
The last parliamentary term that began in June 2011 was originally scheduled to end in June 2015, but was extended. [2] President Idriss Déby announced on 2 February 2017 that the election would be delayed because the government did not have sufficient funds in the midst of an economic slump: "When we have resources, we can hold parliamentary elections". He also urged the opposition to engage in dialogue and "stop cultivating hatred that results in dividing the country". [3]
In June 2017, members of the FONAC opposition coalition argued that the National Assembly became illegitimate by continuing to sit beyond 21 June, two years after the extension of the parliamentary term, and that deputies from the opposition should consequently resign. Opposition deputies led by Saleh Kebzabo responded that they would not resign, feeling that it would be more "useful" for them to remain in the National Assembly; however, they also said that the next election should be held promptly, dismissing Déby's view that the delay was necessary due to a lack of funds, and that in the future the government should make every effort to hold elections on time. [2]
The election was later rescheduled to November 2018. [4] When this deadline too was not met, a new one of May 2019 was proposed by the government. [5] The new National Independent Elections Commission (CENI) was sworn in by the Supreme Court on 4 April 2019 despite protests by segments of the opposition regarding its impartiality. [6] On 5 April, the Coordination des Partis Politiques pour la Défense de la Constitution (CPDC) comprising a dozen opposition parties controlling 31 seats in the 188-seat National Assembly rejected the swearing-in, calling it "illegally constituted, null and void and of no effect." [7] The country's election board said “the realistic time frame for holding legislative elections is the first quarter of 2020”. [8] At the beginning of that year a date was set for 9 August 2020, shortly thereafter amended to 13 December, citing increased attacks by Boko Haram around Lake Chad. [9] [10] With the COVID-19 pandemic the election was postponed yet again to April, then October, 2021, and later September 2022. [11] [12] [13] The junta later announced a further postponement of elections for two years, scheduling elections for around October 2024. [14]
On 21 August 2024, the Chadian National Election Management Agency (ANGE) announced that parliamentary and local elections would be held on 29 December 2024. [1]
The minimum voting age is 18. All Chadian citizens not prohibited from voting by the Electoral Code are eligible to participate.
The members of the National Assembly are elected from constituencies coterminous with the Departments of Chad, plus the arrondissements of N'Djamena and one constituency for voters abroad. Each constituency is allocated seats based on its population. In constituencies with one seat, first-past-the-post voting is used. In multi-member constituencies, a party winning over 50% of the vote wins all the seats; if no party wins over 50% of the vote, seats are allocated proportionally using the largest remainders method.
The submission of candidacies ran from 19 to 28 October, while final election results are expected on 3 February 2025. [1] On 13 November, ANGE released a provisional list of candidates, in which it rejected the applications of 46 of 179 political parties and coalitions as well as 103 of 1,260 individuals. Among those disqualified were the ruling MPS's secretary general, Mahamat Zen Bada, citing a previous conviction for forgery, and five other MPS officials, who were also disqualified on similar grounds. [15]
In October 2024, the country's largest opposition party, Les Transformateurs, and 15 other opposition parties, said that they would boycott the election, citing concerns about a "corrupt" electoral register and a lack of guarantees that the election would be free and fair. [16] [17]
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