Cotonou was very quiet yesterday. Silently waiting for the elections to pass turning out a new president. The country was braced in case of violence. There was none. It was quieter than it has ever been since I've been here.
The polling stations closed late last night. I live next one of the mayor of Cotonou's Office (one of the candidates) All his people showed up about 12:30 or 1am to party the close of the election and the campaigning. It was the only noise I heard all day.
It will probably be a while before they figure out the winner. If in this election a single candidate was able to take more than 50% of the vote. He or she will be declared president. If not, the two top candidates will have a run-off vote in 2 weeks.
My guess is that we will have a run off vote.
The problem has been that the budget for elections was reduced and they didn't have enough voting cards or other supplies for voting stations. On top of that there was record voter turn out. As such, many people didn't get to vote.
Here's an article with more details.
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