Between
"300 and 350,000"
people could not vote Sunday, November 22 in Burkina Faso due to insecurity, during the presidential and legislative elections which took place in a tense context, in this country plagued by attacks incessant jihadists.
Some 6.5 million voters were called to the polls for this dual presidential and legislative ballot and the polling stations closed at 8 p.m. (Paris time).
The results, the compilation of which was to begin Sunday evening, are expected in the days to come.
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If in Ougadougou the vote went off without a hitch,
"around 300 to 350,000"
people were unable to vote in the regions due to security threats, the President of the Electoral Commission, Newton Ahmed Barry, told the national television Sunday evening.
In areas affected by jihadist abuses, authorities said security forces had been deployed to secure the ballot, but no figures or details were given.
During the vote,
"individuals prohibited populations from taking part in the vote,"
Newton Ahmed Barry said earlier on Sunday.
They
"told populations that whoever plunges his finger in indelible ink can say goodbye to his finger"
.
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Ballets of helicopters carrying electoral materials, according to the authorities, were heard on Sunday evening in Ouagadougou.
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, elected in 2015 and who is seeking a second term, is the favorite.
He is opposed to twelve opponents, including Zéphirin Diabré, leader of the opposition, and Eddie Komboïgo, candidate of the party of ex-president Blaise Compaoré, whose regime fell six years ago is the subject of a growing nostalgia.