(Reuters) - Madagascar's first presidential election since a coup in 2009 will go to a run-off due in December after no candidate won an outright majority in last month's first round vote, provisional results showed on Friday.
The head-to-head contest risked escalating political tensions on the Indian Ocean island-nation mined for its nickel and cobalt, pitting two aspirants backed by Madagascar's biggest political rivals against each other.
External and southern African observers
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