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Presidential elections were held in , in office since he prevailed in a dispute over election results in 2002 , ran for re-election. On 9 December , Ravalomanana was declared to have won in the first round with about 55% of the vote. "Madagascar's president wins election" , Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), December 9, 2006. Exiled former deputy prime minister , while three others were rejected for not paying a required deposit. "Madagascar court rejects polls challenger, clears 14" , afrol News, October 20, 2006. "14 candidats autorisés à se présenter à la présidentielle" , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 18, 2006. In May, the date of the election was moved forward to . Aside from Ravalomanana, presidential candidates included former deputy prime minister , who was Speaker of the National Assembly from 2003 until earlier in 2006. One woman also ran for president, Elia Ravelomanantsoa . In mid-November, retired general ; the government is continuing to search for Rakotoniaina.Alain Iloniaina, "Madagascar captures renegade general "Fidy"" , Reuters (''IOL''), December 13, 2006. RESULTS Results from the capital , with votes counted from 96% of polling stations, Ravalomanana had 55.1% of the vote, and he was declared the winner. Jean Lahiniriko was in second place with 11.4%. Ballot papers for the candidates deadline for submitting the papers and, although they tried to submit them afterwards, the government refused to accept them and said that anyone who attempted to distribute ballot papers to polling stations on the day of the election would be arrested. "Madagascar : 5 presidential candidates ruled out" , African Press Agency, November 17, 2006. According to results released by the Interior Ministry of Madagascar on December 10 , a total of 61.45% of the country's registered 7.3 million voters went to the polling stations, giving Ravalomanana 54.8% of the votes, 11.68% for Jean Lahiniriko, Official results from the Madagascar Interior Ministry (in French) . "Madagascar leader is re-elected" , BBC News, 10 December 2006. "Ravalomanana likely to win presidential election" , IRIN, December 11, 2006. 10.09% for Roland Ratsiraka, and 9.05% for Razafimahaleo. The figures still needed to be confirmed by the Constitutional High Court in order to be official. Lahiniriko's campaign director called the results false and said that Ravalomanana had only won about 49%; "Madagascar re-elects president" , Reuters, December 11, 2006. both Lahiniriko and Ratsiraka said that they were challenging the official results in court.Jonny Hogg, "Opposition to Challenge Madagascar Vote" , Associated Press (Sfgate.com), December 11, 2006. On , 2007 . "Ravalomanana swears in as Malagasy President" , Xinhua, January 19, 2007. REFERENCES |
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