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2005 Djiboutian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Djibouti
type	presidential
previous_election	1999 Djiboutian presidential election
previous_year	1999
next_election	2011 Djiboutian presidential election
next_year	2011
election_date	8 April 2005
image1	[[File:Ismail Omar Guelleh 2010.jpg	150x150px]]
nominee1	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
alliance1	UMP
party1	People's Rally for Progress
popular_vote1	144,433
percentage1	100%
title	President
before_election	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
before_party	Union for the Presidential Majority (Djibouti)
after_election	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
after_party	Union for the Presidential Majority (Djibouti)

Presidential elections were held in Djibouti on 8 April 2005. The incumbent President of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was re-elected to a second six-year term in an unopposed election.

Background

Hassan Gouled Aptidon was president of Djibouti from independence in 1977 until he stepped down in 1999. He had reintroduced multi-party democracy in 1992 under international pressure, but the 1999 presidential election saw Aptidon's nephew, Ismail Omar Guelleh, elected with 74% of the vote. The last parliamentary elections in 2003 saw Guelleh's political party, the Union for a Presidential Majority win all 65 seats in an election the opposition claimed saw significant rigging.

Campaign

The main opposition parties in Djibouti did not put up a candidate in the presidential election and called on their supporters to boycott the election. A statement from one opposition party on the 18 March said that "change through the ballot box is almost impossible in the Republic of Djibouti".

Despite having no opponents President Guelleh campaigned strongly in the run up to the election. He held rallies in the evenings and pledged to reduce poverty, increase women's rights and improve the transparency of the government. He also accused the opposition of being afraid to stand against him and said that he regretted having no opponent in the election.

On the day of the election itself there was a protest against the election which was broken up by the police firing tear gas.

Results

Aftermath

Guelleh was sworn in as President for a second term on 9 May 2005 and pledged to increase economic development in Djibouti.

References

(2005-03-29). "DJIBOUTI: No challengers for Guelleh as presidential campaign kicks off". [[The New Humanitarian.
"Elections in Djibouti". African Elections Database.
(2005-04-09). "Djibouti's Leader Wins Uncontested Vote". [[The New York Times]].
(2005-04-09). "Djibouti leader wins one-man poll". [[BBC Online]].
(2005-04-09). "Violence Mars Voting in Djibouti". [[ArabNews]].
(2005-04-12). "Djibouti incumbent wins one-man poll". [[afrol]].
(2005-05-09). "DJIBOUTI: Guelleh sworn in for second presidential term". [[The New Humanitarian.

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