LOME, March 6 (Reuters) - Togo President Faure Gnassingbe won a new term as leader of the West African state, preliminary results showed on Saturday after a poll whose credibility was questioned by rivals.
Gnassingbe won 1.24 million votes, over half of the 2.1 million votes cast and well ahead of closest rival, Jean-Pierre Fabre, who scored 692,584 votes, according to results read by Taffa Tabiou, president of the electoral commission.
Gnassingbe's victory in a previous 2005 poll sparked protests and a security crackdown in which hundreds were killed. International observers this time judged the election to have gone smoothly but cited some procedural flaws.
(Reporting by John Zodzi; writing by Mark John)
((richard.valdmanis@thomsonreuters.com; Dakar newsroom +221 33 864 5076)) Keywords: TOGO/RESULT (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://af.reuters.com/) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Gnassingbe won 1.24 million votes, over half of the 2.1 million votes cast and well ahead of closest rival, Jean-Pierre Fabre, who scored 692,584 votes, according to results read by Taffa Tabiou, president of the electoral commission.
Gnassingbe's victory in a previous 2005 poll sparked protests and a security crackdown in which hundreds were killed. International observers this time judged the election to have gone smoothly but cited some procedural flaws.
(Reporting by John Zodzi; writing by Mark John)
((richard.valdmanis@thomsonreuters.com; Dakar newsroom +221 33 864 5076)) Keywords: TOGO/RESULT (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://af.reuters.com/) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.