{"iso":"CF","name":"Central African Republic","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddeb","vote":"Presidential vote \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2025-12-28","source":"2025 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the presidential vote of 28 December 2025, official results as published by the National Elections Authority. The vote followed a 2023 referendum that abolished term limits and was held amid insecurity and opposition complaints of repression.","shares":{"MCU":76.2,"URCA":14.7,"RU":3.2,"OTH":6.0},"polls":[],"parties":{"MCU":{"name":"Mouvement c\u0153urs unis","color":"#E4B012","name_en":"United Hearts Movement"},"URCA":{"name":"Union pour le renouveau centrafricain","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Union for Central African Renewal"},"RU":{"name":"Unit\u00e9 R\u00e9publicaine","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Republican Unity"},"OTH":{"name":"Autres candidats","color":"#9a9a9a","name_en":"Other candidates"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic amid chronic armed conflict","head_of_state":"President Faustin-Archange Touad\u00e9ra","head_of_government":"Prime Minister F\u00e9lix Moloua","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 140 members.","electoral_system":"The president is directly elected in up to two rounds. Deputies are elected in single-member constituencies.","government_now":"Touad\u00e9ra took a third term with an official 76 percent in December 2025 after the 2023 referendum removed term limits, defeating former prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologu\u00e9l\u00e9.","context":"The government depends heavily on Russian paramilitary forces, now branded Africa Corps, for security against rebel groups. Despite diamonds, gold and timber, the country remains near the bottom of global development rankings.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"MCU":["Mouvement c\u0153urs unis","United Hearts Movement","President Touad\u00e9ra's ruling party; the dominant force in the National Assembly and behind his 2025 re-election."],"URCA":["Union pour le renouveau centrafricain","Union for Central African Renewal","Party of former prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologu\u00e9l\u00e9; the main opposition party."],"RU":["Unit\u00e9 R\u00e9publicaine","Republican Unity","Reformist, centrist party of former PM Henri-Marie Dondra, who finished third in 2025; sits outside the opposition coalition."],"OTH":["Autres candidats","Other candidates","Other, minor candidates."]},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2032","title":"Central African presidential election","chamber":"President","type":"expected"}}