Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline

Congo's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) officials check presidential elections polling stations voting forms at tallying centre in Kinshasa. [Reuters]

Preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo’s tumultuous presidential election have been delayed.

The election commission, CENI, had received only 47 per cent of vote tally sheets as of Saturday, said its president, Corneille Nangaa, and it was not yet clear when the results would be ready.