Comoros ruling party nominee wins
Ruling party candidate Ikililou Dhoinine was yesterday declared winner of presidential polls in the Comoros, which the opposition in the Indian Ocean archipelago claimed were marred by fraud.
The 48-year-old Dhoinine, outgoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's deputy and heir-designate, took 61 percent of the vote, Elections Minister Abderemane Ben Cheikh Achiraf said, reading the poll commission's final results.
Sunday's ballot, which France also said had been marked by irregularities, saw the pre-poll favourite's two challengers trail by a big margin, with Mohamed Said Fazul garnering 33 percent and Abdou Djabir only six.
Dhoinine's victory, which still has to be approved by the constitutional court, marks the first a politician from the Comoros' smallest isle of Moheli has won the presidency since the country's 1975 independence from France.
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