By Katie Bacharach
Last week Madagascar voters went to the polls in the first
presidential election since the coup in 2009. The country was plunged into
turmoil after Mr. Rajoelina ousted former President Ravalomanana. Since then,
foreign aid has largely been cut and poverty has worsened.
BBC and Reuters have the details on how the election has gone. There were 33 presidential candidates in the election, which
has been postponed three times this year. Mr. Rajoelina, former Presidents
Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka, and Ravalomanana’s wife were all barred from
running for president. Voting was largely peaceful, although a number of
polling stations outside of the capital were attacked.
According to BBC, European and
African observers announced that the election was “free, transparent and
credible”. Preliminary results show that Richard Jean-Louis Robinson has about
30 percent of the votes and his main rival Hery Martial Rakotoarimanana
Rajaonarimampianina has just over 15 percent.
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