Ramos-Horta wins Timor-Leste presidential election

This picture taken on April 12, 2022 shows Timor-Leste’s presidential candidate Jose Ramos-Horta (left) and the country's first president Xanana Gusmao attending an election campaign in Dili. - AFP

DILI, Timor-Leste (AFP): Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in Timor-Leste's presidential election, according to preliminary results published Wednesday (April 20) by the election secretariat.

The 72-year-old secured 397,145 votes, or 62.09 per cent, against incumbent Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres' 242,440, or 37.91 per cent, the secretariat's website showed after all ballots were counted.