Central African Republic President Touadera re-elected for third term with more than 76%
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been re-elected for the third term with an outright majority, the electoral commission announced on Monday.
Mr. Mathias Morouba, the head of the National Elections Authority (NEA), said Touadera, 68, polled 76.15% of the vote.
Former prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele had 14.66% and former prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra received 3.19%.
Voter turnout was 52.42%, Morouba said. More than 2.4 million people registered for the election.
The Constitutional Court has until 20 January to hear any challenges and declare definitive results.
The 28 December election was boycotted by main opposition coalition which said the vote would not be fair.
Touadera, a mathematician, secured the third term after a referendum scrapped the presidential term limit.
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) assisted in the organisation of the poll.
MINUSCA said the vote marked an unprecedented moment in the country's political history, bringing together four ballots in a single electoral exercise. Municipal elections, in particular, had not been held in the CAR since 1988 and were a key provision of the 2019 Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation.
The UN peacekeeping mission worked closely with national authorities and UN agencies to support the electoral process, delivering all voting materials on time despite difficult terrain and security constraints.
In total, the mission carried out 84 flights and eight road convoys to transport more than 230 tonnes of election materials, including ballot papers, indelible ink, voter cards, voting booths and ballot boxes.
Electoral materials were delivered to 6,679 of the country’s 6,700 polling stations, allowing them to function normally across 20 prefectures.
On the technical and operational front, some 34,500 people – including electoral agents, supervisors and polling station staff – were trained with UN support.
Security for the polls was reinforced through the deployment of additional national troops and police, supported logistically by MINUSCA, alongside strengthened patrols by UN peacekeepers and police personnel.
The mission also provided Central African armed forces and internal security personnel with vehicles and motorcycles to reach remote and isolated areas.
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