Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term in last month’s election, provisional results showed.
The major opposition coalition boycotted the vote after a referendum allowed the removal of term limits.
Touadéra, 68, faced challenges from six candidates, but the main opposition coalition did not participate after denouncing what it called an unequal political environment.
He won 76.15% of the votes, according to the provisional results the election authority released late Monday.
Some 2.4 million Central African Republic citizens were registered to vote in a first-of-its-kind election in the country, where citizens voted simultaneously for all tiers of government, including presidential, legislative, regional and municipal seats.
Two opposition candidates have already contested the results, citing instances of alleged malpractice by the National Elections Authority and widespread fraud. Anicet Georges Dologuélé, the runner-up who received 14.66% of the vote, proclaimed himself the winner of the election on
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