Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a third time.
[contextly_sidebar id=”0rdD5OILCxkkft9wGG9qoAzceKJgdNPJ”]According to the AFP news agency, Togo’s electoral commission disclosed that Gnassingbe won with 58.75% while his main rival Jean-Pierre Fabre had 34.95%.
“The national electoral commission states that Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe has been elected based on provisional results which are subject to confirmation by the Constitutional Court,” head of Togo’s electoral commission, Taffa Tabiou reportedly said.
International election observers including the EU and ECOWAS have described the election as transparent.
Reports indicate that the turn out rate of the country’s 3.5 million voters was about 55%.
Gnassingbe has been the Togo president since 2005 when he succeeded his father, who died after 38 years in office.
Togo went to the polls on Saturday April 25, 2015 after postponing it from April 15.
The postponement was to enable Togo’s Independent National Electoral Commission with assistance from La Francophonie to complete a review of the electoral register in response to concerns raised by the political parties.
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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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