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24 May 2012
   
 
 
Article by: Bloomberg
 
 
 
Cong o officials said no one won a majority in a July 30 election, so the country will hold a runoff to decide between President Joseph Kabila and former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Associated Press reported.

Kabila won 45% of 16,9-million votes and Bemba 20%, the wire service said, citing Electoral Commission Chairman Apollinaire Malu Malu. The other 31 candidates split the remaining votes, the AP said.

The new election will probably take place in October, after the first vote is certified, the AP said.

Kabila's security forces and Bemba loyalists exchanged gunfire outside the election commission headquarters Aug. 20, killing a soldier, the AP said.

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