Kabore wins with nearly 58% of the vote, beating 12 opponents and claiming victory in the first roundBurkina Faso's President Roch Kabore in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 20 2020. Picture: REUTERS/ZOHRA BENSEMRA
Kabore won with nearly 58% of the vote, beating 12 opponents and claiming victory in the first round, said Newton Ahmed Barry, the commission’s president. He received 1.6-million of the nearly 3-million votes cast. Turnout was 50%, reports said. Five members of the electoral commission refused to participate in the announcement of the results after a group of opposition parties, including those led by Diabre and Komboigo, alleged widespread fraud in the run-up to the vote at a Monday press conference in the capital, Ouagadougou.
Security concerns barred the electoral commission from registering voters in 17% of municipalities, particularly near the northern border with Mali. On voting day, hundreds of thousands of voters couldn’t cast ballots because polling stations didn’t open or were forced to close amid security concerns in the Soum and Est regions, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement.
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