The October 11, 2015 presidential results are being awaited.

As vote counting continues in Guinea’s October 11, 2015 presidential election, more details on its conduct have kept on trickling in and government is heightening measures to ensure post-electoral peace and security.

The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) that organized the polls in which seven opposition candidates and incumbent Alpha Condé contested in the race for the presidency, says participation rate in the poll was about 75 per cent, Reuters reported. The electoral body in a release published on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 night, said the polling day of October 11, 2015 was fundamentally characterized by serenity, calm and an exceptional zeal by voters. The electoral commission through the release thanked all actors who contributed to the success of the polling operation.

The European Union Observation Mission through its leader, Frank Engel, said the election was exemplary for the country, lauding the absence of violence on polling day as well as high participation rate.  However, all was not rosy as Frank Engel pointed out flaws such as unpreparedness that led to serious organizational hitches.

The opposition candidates, led by Cellou Dalein Diallo, the incumbent Alpha Condé’s main challenger, on Monday, October 12, 2015,  while denouncing what they called electoral masquerade, declared that they would not only reject the election results due to irregularities but more importantly call for massive protests. They want the results of the first round of the election cancelled.

Reports say, the calm and serenity that characterized polling day was however, perturbed on Tuesday evening as gunshots could be heard in the residential areas of the capital, Conakry. Reuters reported that security forces and Cellou Dalein Diallo’s supporters had some skirmishes. Government on its part is stepping up security measures.

Justice Minister, Cheick Sako, reportedly warned against all calls for violence and other acts that would comprise public security and lead to serious political crisis that could discredit constitutional institutions and hamper the implementation of the law. All complaints about the election, he said in a release, should follow the legal procedure and be lodged at the Constitutional Court.