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 |
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