Kagame wins Rwanda presidential election by far – partial results show
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is set for a fourth term in office with provisional results showing him winning more than 99% of the vote, according to electoral authorities.
Kagame, the country’s de facto leader for three decades, faced only two challengers after the courts banned his most prominent critics.
The National Electoral Commission said late on Monday that Kagame had won 99% of the vote, with 79 percent of ballots counted.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda got 0.53%, while independent Philippe Mpayimana received 0.32%, the commission said.
Kagame’s vote share tops the 98.7% he secured in the last election in 2017.
The commission barred eight other candidates from running, citing a range of incomplete registration documents.
The full provisional results are due by July 20, and final results by July 27.