Incumbent Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected for a five-year term after winning 67.17 percent of the vote in the country’s presidential runoff election held on Sunday.

According to results released by Mohamed Ag Erlaf, the Local Government Minister on Thursday, opposition challenger and former Finance Minister, Soumaila Cisse, who also ran against Keita in 2013, won 32.83 percent of the votes.

Erlaf said the voter turnout was low at 34.5% during the rerun which was largely marred by widespread violence, low public enthusiasm and accusations of electoral fraud.

The 68-year-old Cisse had on Monday said he would reject the results while Keita, 73, will take office on September 4 with the hope of strengthening a 2015 peace accord between the government, government-allied groups and former Tuareg rebels.

According to latest reports, Internet access was cut on all mobile networks in Bamako, the country’s capital on Thursday morning ahead of the announcement.