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Early results show Gambia leader trailing in presidential vote

02 December 2016 - 15:35 By REUTERS
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 Partial results showed Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh trailing his main rival in a presidential election on Friday.

A military coup bid in the small west African state of The Gambia was foiled early on December 30, 2014, while President Yahya Jammeh was abroad, military and diplomatic sources said.
A military coup bid in the small west African state of The Gambia was foiled early on December 30, 2014, while President Yahya Jammeh was abroad, military and diplomatic sources said.
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A Reuters reporter at the electoral commission said Jammeh's rival, real estate developer Adama Barrow, had 44 percent of the vote against Jammeh's 40 percent and 15 percent for Mammah Kandeh.

Multiple civil society sources on Twitter leaked identical results, with 39 out of 53 constituencies counted.

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