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Article: VOA NEWS: ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN CHAD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 15, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Howard Lesser
Chadian President Idriss Deby was elected to an unprecedented third term in office, following the final tabulation of the votes cast in the May 3rd presidential election. Chad's Independent Electoral Commission tallied the results, reporting Deby the winner with 77% of the votes, more than nine times that of his closest opponent, former prime minister Kasire Coumakoye, who earned just 8%.
Among other competitors were three politicians who served under President Deby in previous government configurations; they finished with approximately 5, 4, and 3 percent of the vote.
Maxwell Loalnger, a journalist and editor of the ...