Guinea’s Conde Wins Over 59% Of Votes In Presidential Poll
October 25, 2020
3:57 pm
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has won 59.49 percent of votes in a hotly contested election where he sought a controversial third term, according to provisional results announced by the country’s electoral authority Saturday.
His main rival, opposition politician Cellou Dalein Diallo — who claimed victory before the publication of the results — received 33.5 percent of the vote, according to the electoral authority.
Police were out in force in the capital Conakry during the announcement, an AFP journalist saw, following days of post-election violence in which at least nine people were killed.
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