Madagascar President, Andry Rajoelina, has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates, the electoral commission announced on Saturday.
Rajoelina, 49, won 58.95 per cent of the vote in the first round of balloting on 16 November, it said.
The turnout was fairly low after 10 of 12 opposition candidates called for a boycott complaining of an “institutional coup” in favour of the incumbent.
AFP
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