STORY: Incumbent President of Comoros Assoumani wins presidential election
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10-16, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:57
LOCATION: Moroni
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of a press conference
2. various of pre-election campaign

STORYLINE:

Incumbent President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani has won the presidential election by garnering over 60 percent of the votes, according to preliminary results released Tuesday by the country's Independent National Electoral Commission.
   
At a press conference, the commission announced that Assoumani secured a total of 33,209 votes, which constitute 62.97 percent of the total votes and Salim Issa Abdallah from the Juwa party was the runner-up, garnering 20.26 percent of the votes.
   
Despite the election turnout being a mere 16.3 percent, the commission commended the voters in a press release, stating that they fulfilled their duty in a calm and serene atmosphere. It also expressed appreciation for the mobilization of all those involved in the electoral process.
   
The Comoros kicked off its first round of the presidential election on Sunday to select the national leader from among six candidates, including Assoumani, for the next five years. Registered voters from the total population of roughly 900,000 cast their ballots at 868 polling stations across the country.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moroni.
(XHTV)