Overview
- The electoral commission has not released tallies and says provisional results will come Thursday, after turnout above 65 percent.
- Each camp asserts surpassing the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff, a claim not validated by officials.
- Counting continues in a tense climate in a country with repeated coups and lingering disputes over President Umaro Sissoco Embalo’s mandate.
- Over 6,780 security personnel, including ECOWAS units, were deployed, and air, land and sea borders were closed on election day.
- The PAIGC’s disqualification reshaped the race by channeling its support to challenger Fernando Dias, who faces Embalo in the closest contest.