KHARTOUM
Incumbent Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir won the country's presidential elections by a landslide, clinching over 94 percent of the vote, the country's electoral commission said Monday.
Al-Bashir won around 5.3 million votes, while his closest rival, Fadl Shoaib of the Federal Truth Party, won only 1.4 percent of the vote, according to figures announced by Mukhtar al-Assam, the head of Sudan's National Election Commission.
Around 13.1 million Sudanese cast ballots in the four-day poll, representing a voter turnout of some 46 percent, al-Assam told a press conference in Khartoum.
The election, which began on April 13, was initially scheduled to end on April 15, but the commission extended it by one day due to low turnout on the first three days.
The elections were dogged by logistical, administrative and security-related difficulties, according to the electoral commission.
Some 13 million Sudanese were eligible to vote in the polls, which al-Bashir, who has ruled the country for over 25 years, was widely expected to win.
Many opposition parties boycotted the vote.
