The National Electoral Commission, NEC, has announced the provisional results of the presidential elections, showing that Paul Kagame of FPR-INKOTANYI has received 99.18% of the vote.
From Sunday, 14th July to the afternoon of 15th July, Rwandans of voting age conducted the presidential and parliamentary elections.
The provisional results of the presidential elections were released by the Rwanda Electoral Commission on Thursday, 18 July.
The figures from the National Electoral Commission show that Paul Kagame, the presidential candidate of FPR-INKOTANYI, has received 99.18% of the vote in the presidential election.
Frank Habineza, the presidential candidate of the Green Party, came second in the July 14-15 polls with 0.50% of the vote.
Independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana picked up just 0.32% of the vote.
In parliamentary elections, the RPF and its allied parties secured 68.83%.
The Liberal Party (PL) secured 8.66% of the votes, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) got 8.62% of the votes, the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda got 4.56% of the votes, the Ideal Democratic Party (PDI) secured 4.61% of the votes, and PS-Imberakuri got 4.51% of the votes.
Janvier Nsengimana, the only candidate who ran as an independent, got 0.21% of the votes, falling short of the minimum 5% of the votes required to get a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
On 27th July, NEC will announce the final results of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
