多哥清点选票,预计总统连任

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Officials in Togo are counting ballots from Saturday's presidential election, in a vote that is expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe remain in power.

The Independent National Electoral Commission says of the country's 3.5 million eligible voters, only 53 to 55 percent took part in the poll.

The election commission has six days, from the end of voting, to announce the results of the poll.

President Gnassingbe is seeking a third five-year term, which would keep his family in power for nearly 50 years. He assumed office in 2005 upon the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled the former French colony for 38 years.

Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre, who also ran for president in the last election, is expected to come in second in the single-round presidential poll.

Rights groups have criticized Togo for using violence against protesters.

Hundreds of election observers descended on Togo to monitor the election.官员仍在清点星期六总统大选的选票，预计现任总统福雷·纳辛贝将再次当选执政。

全国独立选举委员会表示，全国350万合格选民中，只有53-55%的选民参加了投票。

选举委员会可以在投票结束后的六天内宣布投票结果。

这是纳辛贝第三次竞选总统，总统任期为5年，这将使他的家族掌控多哥政权近50年。他是在2005年他的父亲纳辛贝·埃亚德马去世时接任总统一职的。他的父亲统治这个前法国殖民地长达38年。

预计反对派领导人让-皮埃尔·法布尔的得票率将在只有一轮投票的大选中位居第二。

人权组织曾批评多哥对抗议者使用暴力。

数百名观察人士抵达多哥监督大选。