Big win for ruling party candidate in Burundi

(25 May 2020) The candidate of Burundi's ruling party, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election. Ndayishimiye won with almost 69% of the vote in the election which took place on May 20, the country's election commission announced on Monday. Because he secured more than 50% of the vote, Ndayishimiye will not have to go to a runoff election and he is expected to be inaugurated in August. Ndayishimiye, 52, will succeed President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has been in power since 2005. Both are from Burundi's ruling party which has said Nkurunziza will have the title "Supreme Guide" after he steps down from the presidency. Many believe that Nkurunziza will wield considerable influence over the new president. Seven candidates contested the election in which ballots were cast by more than 4 million voters of Burundi's 11 million people, according to the election commission. The candidate coming in second place was Agathon Rwasa, leader of the opposition CNL, who got 24% of the vote, according to the election commission. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e6cf4c341bde41b0abcd9e6fbd293582

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