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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission (Céni) released partial results from the December 20-21 presidential election. Incumbent leader Félix Tshisekedi is leading by a wide margin -over 80% of the vote polled.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission (Céni) released partial results from the December 20-21 presidential election. Incumbent leader Félix Tshisekedi is leading by a wide margin -over 80% of the vote polled.
The results announced so far relate to 1,876,827 voters, out of a total of nearly 44 million registered in the vast country of around 100 million inhabitants. At this stage of the vote count, Félix Tshisekedi, has achieved a score of 81.4%, followed by businessman and former governor of Katanga (southeast) Moïse Katumbi (15.18%) and the other opponent Martin Fayulu (1.2%). The twenty or so other candidates in the running, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege, failed to reach 1%.
Importantly, the election body has not established the turnout rate. On the other hand, it has decided to gradually release the results of the presidential elections, which were held at the same time as the legislative, provincial and local elections. The results other than that of the presidential elections will be published at a later date.
The quadruple ballot had been scheduled for one day. But was extended due to several logistical problems, officially by one day but extending into Christmas in some remote areas. Opposition candidates, including the powerful Catholic Church, have been denouncing the “chaos” and “irregularities” that marred the vote since the very first day.
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Some are planning a demonstration for next Wednesday, while others are calling for the elections to be cancelled outright. The Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, described the elections as a gigantic mess” during his Christmas mass on Sunday evening. He also called for prudence and restraint in a country with a troubled political history.
