The incumbent President of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has won the presidential election with 88.57% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission.
The 77-year-old leader has been in power for a total of 36 years and his recent win will give him another five-year term.
Voter participation was at 67.55%.
He was well ahead of his main rival Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who died from coronavirus on Sunday.
Kolelas took 7.84% of the vote, according to the results which can be appealed to the Constitutional Court.
One of the world’s longest-serving rulers, Sassou Nguesso was the frontrunner in an election boycotted by the main opposition and under an internet blackout.
His leadership has long been faced with multiple criticism of iron-fisted rule and turning a blind eye to corruption, poverty and inequality despite abundant oil wealth.
