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Outgoing Mauritius` President wins 1st round: Partial results
Nouakchott, Nov 08: Outgoing Mauritius` President Maaouiya Ould Taya was re-elected in the first round of the elections here according to the interior ministry but there were continuing claims of widespread fraud by the opposition.
Nouakchott, Nov 08: Outgoing Mauritius' President
Maaouiya Ould Taya was re-elected in the first round of the
elections here according to the interior ministry but there
were continuing claims of widespread fraud by the opposition.
Ould Taya was well ahead of the five other candidates
in yesterday's election having won the lion's share of the
results already counted, the authorities said today.
The outgoing President had netted 64.6 per cent of the vote after 80 per cent of ballot papers had been counted, the director of political affairs Sidi Yeslem Ould Amar Cheine told reporters at 11:00 am (1630 IST).
Next came former President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla with 19.78 per cent followed by Ahmed Ould Daddah with 7.62 per cent and Messaoud Ould Boulkheir with 5.52 per cent, according to the partial figures. The two minor candidates, Moulaye El Hacen Ould Jied and Aicha Mint Jeddane, a woman, respectively got 1.55 and 0.51 per cent, Ould Amar Cheine said.
Turnout was initially put at 60.5 per cent of the 1.1 million electors, he added. Bureau Report
The outgoing President had netted 64.6 per cent of the vote after 80 per cent of ballot papers had been counted, the director of political affairs Sidi Yeslem Ould Amar Cheine told reporters at 11:00 am (1630 IST).
Next came former President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla with 19.78 per cent followed by Ahmed Ould Daddah with 7.62 per cent and Messaoud Ould Boulkheir with 5.52 per cent, according to the partial figures. The two minor candidates, Moulaye El Hacen Ould Jied and Aicha Mint Jeddane, a woman, respectively got 1.55 and 0.51 per cent, Ould Amar Cheine said.
Turnout was initially put at 60.5 per cent of the 1.1 million electors, he added. Bureau Report