Carlos Vila Nova wins re-election in São Tomé and Príncipe

Santomean president Carlos Vila Nova won re-election with 55.94 percent of the vote. His main opposition candidate, Nito Abreu, came second with 41.42 percent. The result followed a presidential vote held the day before, when Vila Nova had been seeking a second term. The figures name a winner and a runner-up.

A presidential election chooses the head of state. In this contest the incumbent was on the ballot and was returned. The report gives two percentages rather than a raw vote total. It does not say how many people were registered or how many ballots were cast.

The gap between 55.94 and 41.42 is the difference stated by the two published shares. The report does not say whether other candidates shared the remaining votes. It calls Abreu the main opposition candidate and places him second. No challenge to the count is described.

The Sunday voting note said Santomeans were electing a president and that Vila Nova sought another term. The Monday note supplies the outcome. Together they record an election that was open and then decided. They do not describe campaign debates or polling stations.

No inauguration date is given in the result report. No cabinet is named. No statement from either candidate is included. The confirmed electoral facts are the winner, the second-place candidate, and the two percentages.

Other elections and leadership changes were reported the same day, including the British prime ministerial succession. Those events were in other countries. The São Tomé result is confined to Vila Nova, Abreu, and the shares of the vote assigned to them.