Partial DRC Election Results Released, Diaspora Voters Favor Tshisekedi

An independent National Electoral Commission agent processes a voter at the Nyabushongo Institute polling center on the second day of the Presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 21, 2023. Voters stand by the poll booth at the Nyabushongo Institute polling center on the second day of the Presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 21, 2023.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Independent National Electoral Commission published partial results Friday for the December 20 presidential election. This first session focused solely on the diaspora vote by Congolese in South Africa, the United States, Canada, Belgium and France.