Opposition candidate Tshisekedi wins DR Congo's presidential election

Opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi has won the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to interim results proclaimed early Thursday morning by the electoral commission.

Opposition presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi casts his ballot in Kinshasa, Sunday Dec. 30, 2018. [File photo: AP/Jerome Delay]

Interim results show that Tshisekedi received more than 7 million votes, or 38 percent, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of DRC announced.

DRC held elections on Dec. 30, 2018 and the results were scheduled to be announced on Jan. 6. But the CENI put off announcing the results due to problems with collecting data.