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The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadera, won a third term in last month’s election with 78 per cent of the vote, the constitutional court said Monday, announcing final results.
His main opponent, Anicet George Dologuele, who had appealed the provisional results, complaining of fraud, won 13.5 per cent, it said, adding that the appeal had been rejected.
Touadera had presented himself as the stability candidate in a country that has endured a succession of civil wars, coups and authoritarian governments since gaining independence from France in 1960. He went into the election in pole position after a new constitution was adopted in 2023, allowing him to seek a third term.
Dologuele also finished second to Touadera in the 2016 and 2020 elections, both of which were marred by suspicions of fraud.
Since Touadera was first elected in the middle of a civil war, unrest has eased, though feuds between armed groups and the government persist in some regions.
The national election authority said turnout was just over 52 per cent in the December 28 election, which also included legislative, regional and municipal ballots.
