Incumbent President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera has won the presidential election with an absolute majority of 76.15 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released by the National Elections Authority late Monday.

The 68-year-old, who has been in power since 2016, sought a third term after a constitutional referendum in 2023 scrapped the presidential term limit.

His opponents, former Prime Minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele and Henri-Marie Dondra, finished with 14.66 percent and 3.19 percent, respectively.

Even before the results were announced, Dologuele and Dondra cast doubt on their credibility, calling separate press conferences to denounce what they described as election fraud. Touadera’s government has denied ​that any fraud took place.

About 2.3 million voters registered for the polls. Mathias Morouba, the country's top election official, said 52.42 percent of them participated in the election.

The Constitutional Court will now hear petitions on the provisional results before declaring the results final by January 20.