By Chisomo Phiri
National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Rwanda Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa has announced that President Paul Kagame of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF)-Inkotanyi coalition has won over 99.15 percent of the initial votes in the Monday, July 15 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Gasinzigwa said Kagame’s challengers, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana, garnered 0.53 percent and 0.32 percent of votes, respectively.
He said out of the 7,160,864 votes counted so far, Kagame swept 7,099,810.
Habineza amassed 38,301 votes, while Mpayimana received 22,753 votes.
Gasinzigwa said turnout was 98 percent out of over nine million registered voters, of which two million were first-time voters.
Vote counting continues, with the NEC expected to announce provisional results on July 20 and final tallies on July 27.*Preliminary results indicate Kagame’s re-election in Rwanda*
By Chisomo Phiri
National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Rwanda Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa has announced that President Paul Kagame of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF)-Inkotanyi coalition has won over 99.15 percent of the initial votes in the Monday, July 15 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Gasinzigwa said Kagame’s challengers, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana, garnered 0.53 percent and 0.32 percent of votes, respectively.
He said out of the 7,160,864 votes counted so far, Kagame swept 7,099,810.
Habineza amassed 38,301 votes, while Mpayimana received 22,753 votes.
Gasinzigwa said turnout was 98 percent out of over nine million registered voters, of which two million were first-time voters.
Vote counting continues, with the NEC expected to announce provisional results on July 20 and final tallies on July 27.
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