Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina appears set to secure another term as he continues his commanding lead in the presidential election, with votes from more than three-quarters of polling stations counted.
Mr Rajoelina currently leads with 59.7% of the vote, far ahead of his closest opponents, ex-President Marc Ravalomanana at 13.2% and Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko at 12.5%.
Madagascar’s electoral body, Ceni, has so far tallied votes from 21,000 out of 27,000 polling stations and is expected to announce the full results on Saturday.
The tallied voting stations recorded a voter turnout of just 45%, considered to be one of the lowest voter turnouts in the island country’s election history.
The low turnout followed calls for poll boycott by 10 presidential contenders, who also withdrew their candidacies over concerns about the credibility of the election.