NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania), June 30, 2014 (SPS) - The overwhelming victory of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Mauritania's presidential election on June 21 has been confirmed by the Constitutional Council.
"Candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was elected president of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in the first round of the presidential poll, on 21 June 2014, with an overwhelming majority of the cast ballot," the council's president, Sgheyir Ould M'barek, said at an official ceremony.
The early results were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on June 23. (SPS)
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