1999 Central African presidential election
19 September 1999
 
Nominee Ange-Félix Patassé André Kolingba
Party MLPC RDC
Popular vote 517,993 194,486
Percentage 51.33% 19.27%
 
Nominee David Dacko Abel Goumba
Party MDD FPP
Popular vote 111,868 66,218
Percentage 11.09% 6.56%
President before election

Ange-Félix Patassé
MLPC

 Elected President

Ange-Félix Patassé
MLPC

Presidential elections were held in the Central African Republic on 19 September 1999. The result was a victory for incumbent President Ange-Félix Patassé of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People, who received 51% of the vote in the first round, meaning that a second round was not required. Voter turnout was 59%.[1]

Prior to Constitutional Court head Édouard Frank announcing the results, all nine opposition candidates rejected the outcome, claiming the elections were rigged. However, observers stated that any malpractice was not enough to have changed the results.[2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ange-Félix PatasséMovement for the Liberation of the Central African People517,99351.33
André KolingbaCentral African Democratic Rally194,48619.27
David DackoMovement for Democracy and Development111,86811.09
Abel GoumbaPatriotic Front for Progress66,2186.56
Henri PouzèreIndependent42,0384.17
Jean-Paul NgoupandéNational Unity Party31,9523.17
Enoch Derant LakouéSocial Democratic Party13,3441.32
Charles MassiDemocratic Forum for Modernity13,1431.30
Fidèle GouandjikaIndependent9,4310.93
Joseph AbossoloIndependent8,6260.85
Total1,009,099100.00
Valid votes1,003,30499.26
Invalid/blank votes7,4400.74
Total votes1,010,744100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,709,08659.14
Source: EISA[lower-alpha 1]
  1. ↑ The number of valid votes was reported to be 1,003,304, 5,795 less than the total number of votes received by each candidate.

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