The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham.”
Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared on Sunday by the country’s electoral commission, Ceni, showed Tshisekedi had won 73 percent of the vote.
Moise Katumbi—a wealthy businessman, football club owner and former provincial governor—was the runner-up with about 18 percent.
The DRC’s constitutional court is expected to confirm the provisional results on 10 January.
Tshisekedi, 60, first came to power in January 2019 after a disputed election that many observers said he had in fact lost.
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