Congo President Likely to Win Second Term, Poll Shows
- Tshisekedi expected to garner 49.3% of ballots in election
- Closest rival Katumbi expected to obtain 28.1% share of vote
Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa on Dec. 18.
Photographer: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is expected to win a second term in elections set to take place on Wednesday, an opinion poll showed.
Tshisekedi would garner 49.3% of the vote, with his closest rival likely to be businessman Moise Katumbi on 28.1%, according to the survey published by Congo-based Le Bureau d’Etudes, de Recherche et de Consulting International. The poll was conducted with Congolese non-governmental organization Ebuteli and New York University’s Congo Research Group.