Overview
- State television reported turnout at 84.65% as it proclaimed the incumbent far ahead, despite sparse lines at many Brazzaville polling sites on election day.
- Major opposition parties did not field candidates, and prominent rivals Jean‑Marie Michel Mokoko and André Okombi Salissa have remained in jail for nearly a decade.
- Rights activist Joe Washington Ebina reported arrests of activists, suspensions of several opposition parties, and tight monitoring of public gatherings before the vote.
- Polling on Sunday was marked by late openings at some stations and a nationwide internet blackout, raising questions about the process.
- Defeated candidates have five days to file challenges and the Constitutional Court has 15 days to rule, while provisional results show runner‑up Mabio Mavoungou Zinga at 1.48%.