(Bloomberg) -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame took a commanding early lead in Monday’s elections with majority of the votes counted.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front candidate won 99.15% of the votes tallied from 79% of the ballots, the National Electoral Commission announced in provisional results reported on state broadcaster Rwanda Broadcasting Agency.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda comes a distant second with 0.53% while independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana got 0.32% of the votes counted so far, the commission said. Voter turnout was 98%, it said.
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