Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina re-elected after boycotted presidential poll

Ten of the dozen other candidates had refused to campaign and called on voters to shun the ballot

The Madagascar president, Andry Rajoelina, has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates in the Indian Ocean island nation, the election commission said.

Rajoelina won 58.95% of the votes cast in the 16 November presidential election according to figures presented by the poll body, although the result needs to be validated by the constitutional court.