Central African Republic elections 2005 - Candidates

Central African Republic This article is part of the series: Politics of the Central African Republic President Prime Minister National Assembly Political parties Elections: 2005 edit Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in the Central African Republic on March 13, 2005 (first round) and May 8, 2005 (second round), marking the end of the transitional process that ...

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After taking power with the seizure of the capital, Bangui, on March 15, 2003, Bozizé said that his rule would mark a transitional period prior to future elections, and he initially indicated that he would not run for president in those elections. In 2004, however, speculation increased that he intended to run, and many of his supporters called on him to stand in the election. Eventually, following a referendum on a new constitution on December 5, 2004, Bozizé announced his candidacy in the presidential election as an independent candidate ...

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In late March 2004, the National Transitional Council voted by a large majority in favor of a bill setting up a body to oversee the planned elections, the Commission électorale mixte indépendante (CEMI), which was initially planned to have 45 to 60 members. [2] This was re-examined by National Transitional Council at the government's request in April 2004, and on April 30, Bozizé issued the decree promulgating it. On May 24, 2004, Bozizé approved 30 members of CEMI who had been chosen by three groups: political parties, professional grou ...

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Partial results (28.9 percent of polling stations, or 1,198 out of 4,145 stations) from the election on March 18 put Bozizé in the lead with about 55 percent of the votes, according to the election commission: 184,734 out of 334,732 votes counted were for Bozizé. This was over 140,000 votes more than his nearest rivals, Ziguélé and Kolingba, who took 12.86 percent (43,058 votes) and 12.65 percent (42,374 votes) of the vote respectively.15 The opposition Union of Active Forces of the Nation (l'Union des fo ...

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The run-off between Bozizé and Ziguélé, initially scheduled to take place on May 1, was postponed to May 8. The reason for the postponement was to avoid interference with the marking of Labour Day on May 1. Campaigning took place from April 23 to May 6.17 Theoretically, as all the opposition candidates (except Auguste Boukanga) are part of the UFVN, there was, based on the mathematical results of the first round, a majority against Bozizé. However, support for Ziguélé in the UFVN was not unconditional. ...

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