Early results show Tajik president has won election

President Emomali Rakhmonov has been re-elected with 79.3% of the vote, according to preliminary results in Tajikistan’s presidential poll.

Central Elections Commission Chairman Boltoiu Merzoali said on national television today that the next closest candidate in yesterday’s polling won only 6.2% of the vote. He said Rakhmonov had 79.3% of the vote, based on a count of 9% of the ballots.