Former army general and Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo is said to be on course to win Guinea Bissau’s presidential election, his spokesman said on Monday.
If confirmed the result would mark an upset victory over the ruling party’s candidate.
Official results are expected from 1 January 2020 and the electoral commission has not commented on the vote count.
The camp of Embalo’s opponent, Domingos Simoes Pereira, did not immediately respond to phone calls seeking comment.
Embalo campaign spokesman Djibril Balde said the victory claim was based on campaign tallies of preliminary results its observers had compiled in each region and that Pereira had earlier called Embalo to congratulate him on his win.
The 47 year old Embalo, was second in last month’s first round vote with 28% against 40% for Pereira.
Ahead of Sunday’s run-off, he won the backing of incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz, who was eliminated in the first round with 12%.
Vaz’s five-year term was marred by regular political sackings, an ill-functioning parliament and high-level corruption, and voters said they hoped the next president would restore calm to the turbulent West African nation.
