Kenya Feature: Kenyatta Wins Presidential Election But May Face Court Challenge (France 24 and Al Jazeera English)

See also Kenya Feature: A Beginner's Guide to The Elections

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Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's deputy prime minister, has won the country's presidential election with 50.07 percent of the vote, official results show, just enough to avoid a runoff.

The country's electoral commission said voter turnout in the election was 88 percent.

Following the announcement on Saturday, Raila Odinga, outgoing Prime Minister, who came second in the election, said he would contest the result.

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Kenya Feature: A Beginner's Guide to Today's Elections

President Obama appeals to Kenyans to reject the intimidation of violence and host free, fair and peaceful elections

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Today's elections in Kenya are seen by many as a key to the stability of East and Central Africa, amid neighbours such as Somalia, the recently-divided Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At the same time, there is the legacy of past election violence and the complication that a leading presidential candidate has been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

So what is happening today?

The elections are for a new President, MPs, and local representatives. They are the first under the new Constitution, passed in 2010.

What is the background?

In 2007, Kenya was the model of stability and opportunity within an otherwise chaotic region, or so it seemed.

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