Central African Republic presidential election, 1999
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Presidential elections were held in the Central African Republic
on 19 September 1999. Incumbent Ange-Félix Patassé
of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
won 51.33% of the vote in the first round, meaning that a second round was not required. Voter turnout was 59.1%.
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
on 19 September 1999. Incumbent Ange-Félix Patassé
Ange-Félix Patassé
Ange-Félix Patassé was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé...
of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
The Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People is a political party in the Central African Republic. It was established in Paris in 1979 by former prime minister Ange-Félix Patassé as a Central African opposition movement...
won 51.33% of the vote in the first round, meaning that a second round was not required. Voter turnout was 59.1%.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ange-Félix Patassé Ange-Félix Patassé Ange-Félix Patassé was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé... |
Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People The Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People is a political party in the Central African Republic. It was established in Paris in 1979 by former prime minister Ange-Félix Patassé as a Central African opposition movement... |
517,993 | 51.33 |
| André Kolingba André Kolingba André-Dieudonné Kolingba was the fourth president of the Central African Republic , from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President David Dacko in a bloodless coup d'état in 1981 and lost power to Ange-Félix Patassé in a democratic election held in 1993... |
Central African Democratic Rally Central African Democratic Rally The Central African Democratic Rally is a political party in the Central African Republic. In the first round of the 2005 presidential election, held on 13 March, the party's candidate, André Kolingba, took 16.36% of the vote and third place. In the 2005 parliamentary election, the RDC won 8 out... |
194,486 | 19.27 |
| David Dacko David Dacko David Dacko was the first President of the Central African Republic , from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September 21, 1979 to September 1, 1981... |
Movement for Democracy and Development | 111,868 | 11.09 |
| Abel Goumba Abel Goumba Abel Nguéndé Goumba was a Central African political figure... |
Patriotic Front for Progress Patriotic Front for Progress The Patriotic Front for Progress is a political party in the Central African Republic.The FPP strongly opposed President Ange-Félix Patassé. In 2002, the party suspended its participation in the opposition coalition.... |
66,218 | 6.56 |
| Henri Pouzère Henri Pouzère Henri Pouzère is a politician and lawyer in the Central African Republic. Pouzère ran in both the September 1999 and March 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate, receiving 4.19% of the vote in 1999 and 2.10% in 2005... |
Independent | 42,038 | 4.17 |
| Jean-Paul Ngoupandé Jean-Paul Ngoupandé Jean-Paul Ngoupandé is a Central African politician. Born in Dékoa, Kemo-Gribingui, he was appointed as Prime Minister of the Central African Republic by President Ange-Félix Patassé on 6 June 1996 and resigned on 30 January 1997. Since then he has run for president of the Central African Republic... |
National Unity Party National Unity Party (Central African Republic) The National Unity Party is a political party in the Central African Republic.In the presidential election held on 13 March 2005, its candidate and leader, Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, won 5.08% of the vote. Ngoupandé had served as president from June 1996 to January 1997... |
31,952 | 3.17 |
| Enoch Derant Lakoué Enoch Derant Lakoué Enoch Derant Lakoué was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 26 February 1993 to 25 October 1993. He was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the August 1993 presidential election, receiving 2.39% of the vote, and again in the September 1999 presidential election,... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Central African Republic) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in the Central African Republic.At the last elections, 13 March and 8 May 2005, the party won 4 out of 105 seats in the National Assembly.... |
13,344 | 1.32 |
| Charles Massi Charles Massi Charles Massi is a Central African politician. Massi served as a minister in the government of the Central African Republic during the 1990s and again from 2005 to 2008; he was also the President of the Democratic Forum for Modernity party from 1997 to 2008... |
Democratic Forum for Modernity Democratic Forum for Modernity The Democratic Forum for Modernity is a political party in the Central African Republic. The party was founded by Charles Massi on 27 November 1997 and legally recognized on 4 May 1998.... |
13,143 | 1.30 |
| Fidèle Gouandjika | Independent | 9,431 | 0.93 |
| Joseph Abossolo | Independent | 8,626 | 0.85 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,440 | ||
| Total | 1,010,744 | 100 | |
| Source: EISA | |||