Togo president ahead in weekend vote: partial results

[WorldNews]

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Togo's incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe appeared set for a third term Monday after a weekend election, with partial results giving him a strong lead. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Gnassingbe had won 62 percent of the vote, far ahead of his nearest rival Jean-Pierre Fabre, who took 32 percent with about 12 percent of ballots counted. Up to around 55 percent of the country's 3.5 million voters turned out on Saturday, according to the CENI, which has five days to announce the final outcome. "We contest the (partial) results," said Eric Dupuy, spokesman for Gnassingbe's main rival, Jean-Pierre Fabre.

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