[VOA News] Results from Burundi's presidential election show the incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza, has won a third five-year term. Nkurunziza got 69 percent of the vote in a poll boycotted by the opposition, which said the president's bid for re-election was unconstitutional. The head of country's electoral body read out the results Friday from Burundi's 18 provinces. When the totals were added up, they showed Nkurunziza won with 69 percent of the vote, followed by Agathon Rwasa with 19 percent.
Nkurunziza won 16 out of the country's 18 provinces. The 51-year-old former rebel leader lost only Rumonge province and Bujumbura, the capital, which has seen months of protests since he announced plans to run for a controversial third term in April.
According to the election commission, 2.8 million voters out of 3.8 million registered voters cast their ballots.