With more than 64 percent of the electorate turning out for Saturday's vote, Interior Minister Mohamed Ould Rzeidzim says Aziz won more than National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir finished second with more than 16 percent.
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His main rival, MessaoudOuldBoulkheir, who had been the parliament's speaker, strongly opposing last year's coup, got only 16%, ahead of three other candidates.