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1996 Malagasy presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Madagascar
type	presidential
previous_election	1992–93 Malagasy presidential election
previous_year	1992–93
election_date	3 November 1996 (first round)
29 December 1996 (second round)
next_election	2001 Malagasy presidential election
next_year	2001
image1	Didier Ratsiraka 1997.jpg
nominee1	Didier Ratsiraka
party1	Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar
popular_vote1	1,608,321
percentage1	50.71%
image2	President Albert Zafy.jpg
nominee2	Albert Zafy
party2	National Union for Development and Democracy
popular_vote2	1,563,137
percentage2	49.29%
title	President
before_election	Norbert Ratsirahonana
before_party	Judged by Your Work Party
posttitle	President
after_election	Didier Ratsiraka
after_party	Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar

29 December 1996 (second round)

Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 3 November 1996, with a second round on 29 December 1996. The election followed the impeachment of incumbent President Albert Zafy and the appointment of his interim successor, Norbert Ratsirahonana.

In the first round, former President Didier Ratsiraka took first place with 36.6% of the vote with a turnout of 58.41%. However, as he failed to win more than 50% of the vote, a second round was held, in which Zafy, who had been able to run despite his impeachment, was the sole alternative. LEADER-Fanilo candidate Herizo Razafimahaleo, who took third place with 15.1%, backed Ratsiraka for the second round. Ratsirahonana, the acting President and Prime Minister, who stood as a candidate and received fourth place with 10.1% of the vote, backed Zafy.

In the second round, Ratsiraka achieved a narrow victory. On 6 January 1997, Zafy alleged that vote rigging and irregularities had occurred. Final results confirming Ratsiraka's victory were announced by the High Constitutional Court on 31 January, and he was sworn in on 9 February.

Results

References

"Elections in Madagascar".
[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/mad1996results.htm Madagascar: 1996 Presidential election results] {{webarchive. link. (2010-09-02 EISA)
Philip M. Allen, "Impeachment as Parliamentary Coup d'Etat", in ''Checking Executive Power: Presidential Impeachment in Comparative Perspective'' (2003), ed. Jody C. Baumgartner, Naoko Kada, page 91
[http://www.herizo.org/spip.php?article24 Leader Fanilo sous la IIIe République] {{webarchive. link. (2007-10-08 Herizo.com {{in lang). fr
[http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Presidentielles_du_29_decembre_1996.pdf Rapport de la Mission d'Observation de l'Élection Présidentielle du 29 décembre 1996 (2è tour)] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-04 democratie.francophonie.org {{in lang). fr
"Madagascar: Zafy alleges vote rigging, "irregularities" in presidential final ballot", Malagasy National Radio, Antananarivo, 6 January 1997
"Madagascar: Didier Ratsiraka wins presidential election by small margin", AFP, 31 January 1997
"Ratsiraka sworn in as Madagascar's new president", Television Malagasy (Antananarivo), 9 February 1997
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p544 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2

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