Central African general election, 2015–16
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Catherine Samba-Panza
(Transitional Head of State)
Independent
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Independent
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 vote took place on 14 February 2016, with run-offs on 31 March 2016.
The elections were delayed several times, the original elections having been scheduled for 18 October before being postponed, whilst the second round of the presidential elections was due to be held on 31 January 2016. Acting President Catherine Samba-Panza was not allowed to stand as a candidate.
Following the second round of the presidential elections, former Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Union for Central African Renewal was declared the winner with 63% of the vote, defeating independent candidate Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, another former Prime Minister.
Despite the 25 August 2012 signing of a peace agreement between the government and the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) that promised closure of the Bush War, political violence continued in the eastern and central parts of the country. Then, on 10 December 2012, fighters from the Séléka rebel coalition seized the towns of N'Délé, Sam Ouandja and Ouadda. Following further battlefield successes through the month, the government called for support from former coloniser France and the United States. Though the offer was spurned, other central African states and South Africa sent in troops to secure the country and its capital, Bangui, from Séléka.
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