Opposition claims fraud in Togo presidential vote

LOME, Togo — Togo’s top opposition candidate says his party has proof of fraud in the country’s contentious presidential election and will present it in court.

Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre claims the ruling party intimidated voters and intentionally caused vote-counting machines to malfunction. Mr. Fabre led several hundred supporters on a march Sunday, which police dispersed with tear gas.

Provisional results show Mr. Fabre lost to President Faure Gnassingbe, whose 1.2 million votes gave him 60.9 percent of the vote.

The election is only the second since the death of Eyadema Gnassingbe, who grabbed power in a 1967 coup. His son seized power upon his death in 2005. The younger Mr. Gnassingbe went on to win elections that year that were widely viewed as rigged.