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         Incumbent Gnassingbe Declared Provisional Winner of Togo Vote

   by VOA News

   Election authorities in Togo have declared incumbent President Faure
   Gnassingbe the provisional winner of Saturday's election, continuing
   his family's longstanding hold on power.

   Election commission chairman Taffa Tabiou announced Gnassingbe got
   about 1.2 million votes, or 59 percent, with leading challenger Jean
   Pierre Fabre second with about 35 percent.

   If Gnassingbe is confirmed, it will extend his family's hold on power
   in the West African nation to more than a half-century.  He assumed
   office in 2005 upon the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who
   ruled the former French colony for 38 years.

   Fabre has complained of irregularities in the polling process, but U.N.
   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Saturday's vote and called on the
   country's political leaders to "continue to maintain the peaceful
   atmosphere" of the election process.

   An observer from the regional bloc ECOWAS says there were no major
   incidents in the voting.

   Tabiou said election results are subject to confirmation by the
   Constitutional Court.

   Election officials said about 54 percent of Togo's 3.5 million
   registered voters took part in the vote.
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