Chad's state election body said on Thursday interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 60 percent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner.
The electoral commission said Déby beat his prime minister Succès Masra, who only garnered 18.53 percent. The results are due to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council.
