At Stake in this Election:  

• All 188 seats in the National Assembly of Chad 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Mahamat Idriss DÉBY (since 6 May 2024) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Allamaye HALINA (since 23 May 2024) 

• Assembly: unicameral National Transitional Council (Conseil National de Transition) with 93 seats. 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by majority vote in up to 2 rounds to a 5-year term, fully renewable.  

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 

• All members of the National Transitional Council are appointed by the President. Following the constitutional referendum of 2023, this election will establish a bicameral Parliament, with a Senate and 188 seat National Assembly. In the Senate, two-thirds of members are indirectly elected by an electoral college of provincial and communal councilors, and the remaining members are appointed by the President. All senators serve 6-year terms, and the number of senators is yet to be established by law. All 188 members of the National Assembly are directly elected by popular vote in single and multi-member constituencies to 5-year terms.  

Last Election:  

In the last election, in 2011, the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) won a majority with 113 seats. Voter turnout was 57%. 

Information for Voters: 

Étapes de déroulement du vote / Steps in the voting process (in French) 

New/Unique in this Election:  

In 2023, Chad held, and passed, a referendum to replace the constitution and return to civilian rule. This is the first National Assembly election held under the new constitution and will facilitate the transition back to civilian rule.  

Key Deadlines:  

• Candidate filing deadline: 12 November 2024 

Main Parties in this Election:  

• Union for Renewal and Democracy / Union pour le Rénouveau et la démocratie (URD) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 7 of 188 

• PDSA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 2 of 188 

• CTPD 

• • Seats won in the last election: 2 of 188 

• RNT 

• • Seats won in the last election: 2 of 188 

• Party for Democracy and Integral Independence / Parti pour la démocratie et l'indépendance intégrales (PDI) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 1 of 188 

• MLPRT 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• ADA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• PAP 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• PDCT 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• TAWAFOUK 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• MRJ 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• CEB 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• URD - PSD 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• Coalition Alnadjah 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• United People Coalition / Coalition Peuple Unis 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• Group UFC-ADR / Regroupement UFC-ADR 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• PDR/PR/MDS 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• MMT 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

• Chadian Alliance for Democracy and Development / Alliance Tchadienne pour la Democratie et le Developpement 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 of 188 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 18,278,568 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 8,237,768 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 9,104,070 (2023 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Acceded 9 June 1995 

• Gender Quota:  Yes, at least 30% of candidates on each party list for the National Assembly must be women so long as the list includes more than two candidates. For constituencies with more than two seats, each party or coalition must submit a list in which at least 30% of candidates are women. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 53 out of 203 (26.1%) in the National Assembly, prior to its dissolution in 2021 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.394, Low, Rank 189 (2022) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 45 (2023)  

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 26 September 2012, Ratified 20 June 2019  

• Projected population with a disability: 2,924,571 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Chad: No 

• Election Access: Yes 

• Election Judgements:  Yes, 3 resources