Provisional results: Kagame secures 99.18%, ruling party coalition grabs 68.83% parliamentary majority

President-elect Paul Kagame secured an astounding 99.18 per cent of the vote, while his closest rival, Frank Habineza of Democratic Green Party, managed only 0.50 per cent of the vote, and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana trailed with 0.32 per cent, according to the provisional results from the July 14-16 presidential and parliamentary elections announced by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Thursday, July 18. RPF and its coalition allies secured majority votes in the July 15 parliamentary general elections, according to partial results announced by NEC on Thursday. The RPF and its allied parties secured 68.83 per cent, said NEC Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa. The Liberal Party (PL) secured 8.66 per cent of the votes, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) got 8.62 per cent of the votes, Democratic Green Party of Rwanda got 4.56 per cent of the votes, Ideal Democratic Party (PDI) secured 4.61 per cent of the votes, and PS-Imberakuri got 4.51 per cent of the votes. Janvier Nsengimana, the only candidate who run as an independent got 0.21 per cent of the votes, falling short of the minimum 5 per cent of the votes required to get a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

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Provisional results: Kagame secures 99.18%, ruling party coalition grabs 68.83% parliamentary majority