Chadian constitutional referendum, 2005

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On 6 June 2005 the Chadian voters were called to pronounce themselves through a referendum on the revision of the Constitution originally approved on 31 March 1996.

The question placed to the voters was this: "Do you support the constitutional law proposal of revision of the Constitution of 31 March 1996 approved by the National Assembly on 23 May 2004? (in French: Appouvez-vous la proposition de loi constitutionnelle portant révision de la Constitution du 31 mars 1996 adoptée par l'Assemblée nationale le 23 mai 2004?)"

The amendments to the Constitution consist of:

• The removal of the limitation of the number of presidential terms (2)
• Replacement of the Senate by a Cultural, Economic and Social Council
• Moving the constitutional amendment process to the President

It is not difficult to understand that the amendments had been suited for the ruling President Idriss Déby, who was to complete his second term in 2006. By the original Constitution he would have been forced to step down then, a thing that, as the French newspaper Le Monde noted in its 9 July 2006 had previously promised to do. The paper reported a speech held by Déby in June 2001:

I make a public commitment: I will not be candidate at the 2006 presidential election. I will not change the Constitution [...] What remains to do for me in my last mandate, is to prepare Chad for alternation in government.

While Dèby's Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) campaigned for "yes", the opposition was divided among those who campaigned for boycotting the vote and those who called for a "no" vote. The abstensionists allied themselves in the Coordination des Partis politiques pour la Défense de la Constitution (CPDC), which included among its 24 parties the Rally for Democracy and Progress and Union for Renewal and Democracy; among the "no" campaigning parties were Front of Action Forces for the Republic and the Rally for the Republic - Lingui.

The definitive results were published on 7 July, and were a clear victory for the President with 65.75% "yes" against 34.25% "no". 57.8% of the population participated, but in the capital - N'Djamena - only 30.7% of registered voters voted.

This victory cleared the road for Idriss Déby's candidacy in the 2006 presidential election, in which he won a third term.

Regions	Registered Voters	Voters	Invalid Votes	Valid Votes	“Yes” Votes	% Yes	“No” Votes	% No	Voter Turnout
Batha	313,441	203,955	1,943	202,012	137,224	67.93	64,788	32.07	65.1
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti	96,945	69,718	756	68,962	52,487	76. 11	16,475	23.89	71.9
Chari-Baguirmi	260,297	150,371	3,478	146,893	92,548	63.00	54,345	37.00	57.8
Guéra	248,861	151,516	1,884	149,632	102,046	68.20	47,586	31.80	60.9
Hadjer-Lamis	328,955	217,327	2,740	214,587	144,936	67.54	69,651	32.46	66.1
Kanem	300,089	159,220	901	158,319	110,726	69.94	47,593	30.06	53.1
Lac	202,651	124,161	1,219	122,942	87,981	71.56	34,961	28.44	61.3
Logone Occidental	268,521	121,017	5,971	115,046	58,292	50.67	56,754	49.33	45.1
Logone Oriental	258,420	138,786	4,530	134,256	76,927	57.30	57,329	42.70	53.7
Mandoul	242,256	171,000	7,523	163,477	102,812	62.89	60,665	37.11	70.6
Mayo-Kebbi Est	323,160	178,833	4,012	174,821	104,279	59.65	70,542	40.35	55.3
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest	195,714	137,366	6,143	131,223	81,593	62.18	49,630	37.82	70.2
Moyen-Chari	243,182	117,095	5,860	111,235	61,923	55.67	49,312	44.33	48.2
Ouaddaï	507,112	384,585	9,038	375,547	274,982	73.22	100,565	13.04	83.7
Salamat	161,162	101,339	849	100,490	68,647	68.31	31,843	31.69	62.9
Tandjilé	253,795	129,590	4,980	124,610	74,045	59.42	50,565	40.58	51.1
Wadi Fira	190,234	137,482	1,026	136,456	95,678	70.12	40,778	29.88	72.3
N'Djamena	563,361	173,021	11,957	161,064	108,266	67.22	52,798	32.78	30.7
Total	4,958,156	2,866,382	74,810	2,791,572	1,835,392	65.75	956,180	34.25	57.8

External links

• Chad Detailed Election Results