Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi was elected Yemen's new president with 99.8 per cent of the vote, the head of the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum, Mohammed Hussein al-Hakimi, said Friday, dpa reported.Hadi, 67, will replace Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was in power for 33 years.
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Al-Hakimi said more than 6.6 million voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, and put the turnout at about 65 per cent. Hadi was the sole candidate in the early election, which was the result of a deal for the peaceful transfer of power signed in November by Saleh, 69, and the opposition.