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Article 65
In case of death or incapacity of one of the two (2) candidates most favored in the
first round[,] before any eventual withdrawals, the Constitutional Council, after
deciding, orders that it must proceed again to the whole of the electoral operations;
it is the same in case of death or incapacity of one of the two candidates remaining
considering [en vue] the second round.
• Head of state selection
Article 66
The election of the President of the Republic takes place by uninominal majority
ballot in two rounds.
The candidate having obtained the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed[,] is
declared elected at the first round.
If no candidate has obtained the absolute majority in the first round, it proceeds, the
second Sunday following, to a second round for the two candidates arriving ahead.
The candidate having obtained the greatest number of votes at the end of the second
round, is elected President of the Republic.
Article 67
The conditions of eligibility, of presentation of the candidatures, of the course of the
ballot, of the counting and of the proclamation of the results are specified by the law.
Article 68
The Constitutional Council sees to the regularity of the ballot and decides [on] the
results.
The results of the ballot are made the object of a provisional proclamation.
If no objection relative to the regularity of the electoral operations has been
deposited with the Constitutional Council by one of the candidates within the five (5)
days of the provisional proclamation, the Constitutional Council declares the
President of the Republic definitively elected.
In case of objection, the Constitutional Council is held to decide within the fifteen
(15) days from the provisional proclamation; its decision leads to definitive
proclamation or annulment of the election.
If no objection is raised within the time period of five (5) days and if the
Constitutional Council deems that the election was not tainted with any irregularity
of a nature leading to its annulment, it proclaims the election of the President of the
Republic within the ten (10) days which follow the ballot.
In case of annulment, it proceeds to a new round of the ballot within the fifteen (15)
days following the decision.
Article 69
The mandate of the new President of the Republic takes effect counting from the
date of expiration of the preceding mandate.
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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