1999 Central African presidential election

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]

1999 Central African presidential election

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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

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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ange-Félix Patassé	Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People	517,993	51.33
	André Kolingba	Central African Democratic Rally	194,486	19.27
	David Dacko	Movement for Democracy and Development	111,868	11.09
	Abel Goumba	Patriotic Front for Progress	66,218	6.56
	Henri Pouzère	Independent	42,038	4.17
	Jean-Paul Ngoupandé	National Unity Party	31,952	3.17
	Enoch Derant Lakoué	Social Democratic Party	13,344	1.32
	Charles Massi	Democratic Forum for Modernity	13,143	1.30
	Fidèle Gouandjika	Independent	9,431	0.93
	Joseph Abossolo	Independent	8,626	0.85
Total			1,009,099	100.00
Valid votes			1,003,304	99.26
Invalid/blank votes			7,440	0.74
Total votes			1,010,744	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,709,086	59.14
Source: EISA[a]

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.