WASHINGTON/BAMAKO, Jan 6 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera won a third term in office, according to provisional results Monday from the National Electoral Authority, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Touadera got 76.15 per cent of the vote in last month's elections, the results showed.
He was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020 with 53.16 per cent of the vote in the first round.
The country’s 2023 constitutional referendum removed term limits and increased the term of office to seven, allowing Touadera to run for a third term.
Voting day was described as largely peaceful by international observers, including the African Union and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), despite ongoing insecurity in some eastern regions.
However, the main opposition coalition, the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC), boycotted the poll, calling it unfair.
Participating challengers, including opposition leader and former prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele and former prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra, accused authorities of campaign restrictions, such as blocking provincial travel.
The Constitutional Court has until Jan 20 to validate the results or adjudicate any challenges.
Opposition voices have raised fraud allegations, though no widespread post-election unrest has been reported so far.
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