布基納法索舉行新總統和議會選舉大綱

Voters in Burkina Faso have voted Sunday for a new president and parliament in what is being called the country's most open election in its history.

Five million registered voters were eligible to select from among a slate of 14 presidential candidates.

Twelve hours of voting ended about 6 p.m. local time. Officials have begun counting the ballots and the first results are expected late Monday. If no one earns more than 50 percent of the vote, a second round will be held.

Former President Blaise Compaore led Burkina Faso for 27 years before trying last year to get rid of a constitutional term limit and make himself eligible for another round in office. That move brought protests that forced him to resign.

An interim government replaced Compaore, and the election was supposed to take place in October, but a brief, failed military coup forced the process to be postponed.非洲國家布基納法索的選民星期天投票選舉了新一任總統和議會。這次選舉被稱爲是布基納法索歷史上最爲開放的一次大選。

該國五百萬註冊選民有資格從14名總統候選人當中選出一位新總統。

歷時12個小時的投票在當地時間下午大約6點結束。官員們開始計票工作，最初計票統計結果預計星期一晚間公佈。如果沒有候選人在星期天的選舉中贏得超過半數選票的話，將舉行第二輪投票，以定乾坤。

布基納法索前總統孔波雷在領導布基納法索27年之後，去年試圖改寫憲法，取消對總統的任期限制，以便自己再度執政。此舉引發抗議，並迫使他辭職。

孔波雷辭職後，布基納法索是由一個臨時政府領導。大選原本定於10月份舉行，但是軍方發起的短暫的失敗政變，迫使選舉被推遲到本週日舉行。