Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir won re-election with 94 percent of the vote, according to official results announced Monday, extending his 25-year rule despite international war crimes charges and multiple insurgencies.
The head of the Election Commission, Mokhtar al-Assam, announced the results to reporters. He said turnout was 46.4%, insisting that widespread reports of low participation were “not accurate.”
He said al-Bashir won 5.58 million votes. The other 12 presidential candidates were virtually unknown to the public.
The four-day vote began April 13. Nearly 13 million people were registered to vote at some 11,000 polling centers. Polling stations in the capital, Khartoum, were largely deserted.
Al-Assam said turnout was lowest in Khartoum, at 34.48%, while Kasala state in eastern Sudan led with 66.1% turnout.
— AP
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir address the National Consultative Council in the capital Khartoum on October 21, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP /ASHRAF SHAZLY)
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