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Incumbent Joseph Kabila wins Congo election: Election commission

Published: Friday, Dec 9, 2011, 21:58 IST
By Jonny Hogg | Place: Kinshasa | Agency: Reuters

Incumbent Joseph Kabila has won Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, beating his nearest rival Etienne Tshisekedi, according to provisional results announced by the national election commission chief during a news conference on Friday.

"The electoral commission notes that the candidate Joseph Kabila has achieved a majority with, 8,880,944 votes, or 48.97 percent of votes cast," Daniel Ngoy Mulunda said.

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