Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has won presidential election for the fourth term in a landslide victory.
This has extended his 24-year rule by another five years in a landslide victory, with most of the votes counted from Monday’s election.
He has 99.15% of the vote so far, with about 79% of ballots counted, partial results announced by the electoral commission show.
The 66-year-old opponents shared less than 1% of the vote.
Mr Kagame thanked Rwandans for their trust in an address at his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party headquarters.
“These are not just figures, even if it was 100%, these are not just numbers. [They] show the trust, and that is what is most important,” Mr Kagame said.
His opponents, environmentalist Frank Habineza and ex-journalist and government adviser Philippe Mpayimana had 0.53% and 0.32% respectively.
The full provisional results are due by 20 July and final ones by 27 July.
The electoral commission says 98% of the more than 9.5 million eligible voters took part in the elections.
They were voting for a president and 53 legislators.
Elections for 27 special seats meant for women, young people and people with disabilities will take place on Tuesday.
Mr Kagame has been the de-facto leader of Rwanda since the end of the 1994 genocide and president since 2000.
