Benin's Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni secured a landslide victory in the West African nation's April 12 presidential election, garnering over 94% of ​the votes, provisional results from the electoral commission showed on Monday.

Sacca Lafia, head ​of the country's ​independent electoral commission, announced on ‌national ⁠television that the result was based on more than 90% ​of ​votes ⁠counted, highlighting Wadagni's insurmountable lead.

Voter ​turnout for the ​election ⁠stood at 58.78%, Lafia added.

Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe conceded defeat earlier on Monday.