1997 Chadian parliamentary election

1997 Chadian parliamentary election

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All 125 seats in the National Assembly

Party Leader Vote % Seats MPS Idriss Déby 39.96 65 URD Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué 13.13 29 RDP Lol Mahamat Choua 6.69 3 UNDR Saleh Kebzabo 6.04 15 FAR Ngarlejy Yorongar 4.01 1 UDR Jean Alingué Bawoyeu 3.88 4 PLD Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh 2.64 3 AND 1.63 2 CNDS Adoum Moussa Seif 1.58 1 ACTUS Fidèle Moungar 0.15 2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on 5 January 1997, with a second round on 23 February.^[1] They were the first multi-party elections since independence in 1960 and resulted in a victory for the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), which won 65 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly. However, the elections were marred by electoral fraud widespread vote rigging, and local irregularities marred these elections, as the 1996 presidential elections.