Madagascar expected to have second round of election

The full results of the first round of presidential election held in Madagascar on Oct. 25, is expected until Friday, the Independent National Election Commission (CENIT) said. According to the trend, candidate Jean Louis Robinson is likely to pass to the second round with Hery Rajaonarimampiana on Dec. 20 because none of the 33 candidates won 50 percent of votes. Only five remote districts out of 119 throughout Madagascar is yet tallied to complete the results of the election. The latest data published by CENIT showed that Jean Louis Robinson, who led the rank among 33 candidates, won 21.44 percent as of Wednesday, and Hery Rajaonarimampianina followed with 15.68 percent. The third place was taken by Hajo Andrianainarivelo who won 10.37 on Wednesday. The data published by the CENIT showed that results from 19,456 polling stations out of 20,001 throughout Madagascar are already known, representing the 97.20 percent of all polling stations. The participation rate was 61.70 percent of the 7,823,305 voters recorded in the electoral roll. According to the law, the Special Electoral Court (CES), which will have until Nov. 20 to judge all conflicts in this election, can change again full result issued by the CENIT following its ruling and announce the final results.