São Tomé and Príncipe’s former Infrastructure Minister Carlos Vila Nova has won Sunday’s twice-postponed presidential run-off election, the BBC reports.
Mr Nova was backed by the opposition Independent Democratic Action party.
The National Electoral Commission said he received 57.54% of the votes.
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Voting took place without major incidents.
It was delayed by court action after the outcome of the first round was disputed by the third-placed candidate, speaker of parliament Delfim Neves.
Current President Evaristo Carvalho, who has been in office since 2016, did not seek re-election, saying he wanted “to pass on the baton to the younger generation”.
Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe run a Joint Development Authority established by treaty that regulates the two countries’ Joint Development Zone in the Bight of Bonny.
The Joint Development Zone is along the maritime Nigeria – São Tomé and Príncipe border which is speculated to be rich in oil and gas reserves.
