Andry Rajoelina re-elected Madagascar president: poll body

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates, the electoral commission announced on Saturday.

Andry Rajoelina, 49, won 58.95 percent of the vote in the first round of balloting on 16 November, it said.

Such a margin of victory would eliminate the need for a runoff election and give him a third term as leader of the Indi