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Burundi's ruling party wins election as opponents denounce vote rigging

Évariste Ndayishimiye at the UN Ocean Conference in France, three days before his party was confirmed as the winner of the legislative elections. © LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

Burundi's ruling party – which has been in power since 2005 – won all the seats in the 5 June legislative elections the country's electoral commission announced, as government opponents decried what they say was a rigged ballot.

"Nationally, the CNDD-FDD came first, with 96.51 percent of the vote," election commission chief Prosper Ntahorwamiye said in a live televised ceremony.

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