2015–16 Central African general election

General elections were held in the Central African Republic on 30 December 2015 to elect the president and National Assembly. As no presidential candidate received more than 50% of the vote, and following the annulling of the results of the National Assembly elections by the Transitional Constitutional Court, a second round of the presidential elections and a re-run of the parliamentary elections were held on 14 February 2016, with second round run-offs for the parliamentary elections on 31 March.

2015–16 Central African general election
Presidential election
30 December 2015 (first round)
14 February 2016 (second round)
Turnout62.54% (first round)
59.01% (second round)
 
Nominee Faustin-Archange Touadéra Anicet-Georges Dologuélé
Party Independent URCA
Popular vote 695,059 413,352
Percentage 62.71% 37.29%
President before election

Catherine Samba-Panza
(Transitional Head of State)
Independent

 Elected President

Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Independent

Legislative election
14 February 2016 (first round)
31 March 2016 (second round)
Party Seats +/–
UNDP 13 New
URCA 13 New
RDC 10 +9
MPLC 9 +8
Kwa Na Kwa 7 −54
PATRIE 4 New
PGD 3 New
RPR 3 New
PARC 3 New
CRPS 2 New
MDD 2 0
PS 1 New
UNADER 1 0
MNS 1 New
PAD 1 −2
PDSK 1 New
PUN 1 +1
Independents 56 +30
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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    Minister: Sylvie Baïpo-Temon
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The elections were delayed several times. The original elections were scheduled for 18 October, then postponed, whilst the second round of presidential elections was set for 31 January 2016. Acting President Catherine Samba-Panza was not allowed to stand as a candidate.

Following the second round of presidential elections, former prime minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra was declared the winner with 63% of the vote, defeating Union for Central African Renewal candidate Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, another former prime minister.

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