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Late dictator's son wins Togo poll
Saturday, 6 March 2010
A Togo election official carries a ballot box into the election commission building in Lome, Togo (AP)
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The president of Togo's election commission has declared the son of the late dictator winner of the presidential race with 60.9% of the vote.
Issifou Tabio said provisional results show that Faure Gnassingbe won 1.2 million votes of the two million votes cast.
Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre received 692,584 votes.
The contentious election was the second since the death of Eyadema Gnassingbe.
The family has ruled for 43 years.
Police spokesman Abalo Assih said officers in the capital earlier fired tear gas on some 200 protesters angry that the opposition party was trailing.
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