Central African Republic - December 2025

On 28 December, The Central African Republic held general elections for the presidency, National Assembly and local government. According to the validated results declared by the Constitutional Court on 19 January, President Faustin Archange Touadéra won the presidential election,  securing 77.9 per cent of the vote. The runner up, with 13.5 per cent, was Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, who unsuccessfully challenged the result in the Constitutional Court, alleging fraud. Touadéra’s party, the United Hearts Movement (Mouvement cœurs unis, MCU) dominated the legislative elections, with the provisional results released by the National Elections Authority (l’Autorité nationale des élections, ANE) showing that its candidates had won 50 of the 74 seats (67.6 per cent) for which a result was declared (of a total of 144 Assembly seats). Eight of the 74 elected candidates (10.8 per cent) were women. Contests for 67 seats went to a second round, to be held later in 2026 along with three separate byelections. Voter turnout was 52.4 per cent for the presidential and parliamentary elections (up from 44.3 per cent in the 2016 legislative election and 35.3 per cent in the 2020 presidential election). 

Sources: Jeune Afrique (1), Jeune Afrique (2), Radio France Internationale, International IDEA   

Voter participation in the Central African Republic’s presidential election rebounded after reaching a historic low during the previous contest in 2020. According to the data released by the National Elections Authority (l’Autorité nationale des élections, ANE), 52.4 per cent of registered voters cast their ballot in the December poll, a 17.1-point increase from 2020 (35.3 per cent), when voting was marred by insecurity and voter intimidation.       

Sources: Radio France Internationale, International IDEA, France 24