Mozambique ruling party declared winner of election marred by killings

Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo received 70.7% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Photograph: José Coelho/EPA

The candidate of Mozambique’s ruling party has won the presidential election with a thumping majority, after two opposition figures were killed by unknown gunmen and amid allegations that the results were rigged.

Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Frelimo, received 70.7% of the vote, the election commission said on Thursday, comfortably clearing the 50% mark needed to avoid a second round.