Francisco Guterres wins East Timor's presidential election

  • 2/10/2023
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Jakarta, 23 Jumada II 1438 H corresponding to 22 March 2017 SPA -- East Timor's former parliament chief Francisco "Lu-Olo Guterres has won the country's presidential election, according to a provisional tally. With 100 per cent of the ballots counted after Monday's election, Guterres secured 57 per cent of the vote, according to figures from the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration which were released on Wednesday. His closest rival, social affairs and education minister Antonio da Conceicao, was in second position with 32.5 per cent. Guterres will be the first presidential candidate to have won a clear majority in the first round since independence hero Xanana Gusmao was overwhelmingly elected as president in 2002. --SPA 07:24 LOCAL TIME 04:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w358983

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