YAOUNDE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Voter turnout was "very timid" in the English-speaking region of Southwest as voting ended in Cameroon's presidential race, Divine Mewanu Mokoto, representative of Cameroon's electoral body, Elections Cameroon (Elecam), told Xinhua on Sunday.
"In all, over 90 percent of polling stations were opened but voter turnout was very timid," Mokoto said.
"We have had some hitches in the region (of Southwest). In Alou subdivision, separatist militias attacked the polling center. Government forces succeeded in pushing them out and voting continued," Mokoto said.
In the Northwest, the other of the two anglophone regions, Elecam officials said voting took place in a tense atmosphere.
"There were sporadic attacks in the region. The biggest success of this election is that election took place in all the subdivisions in the Northwest region." Northwest Elecam representative Nga Gasper Thairinyuy told Xinhua.
Government forces killed two armed separatists who tried to disrupt the vote, Adolphe Lele Lafrique, Northwest governor, said.
"We shall not allow terrorists to disrupt the election," Lafrique told reporters.
About 6,600,000 people were voting in Sunday's race amid continued tension in the two English-speaking regions where armed separatists are fighting to create a new nation called "Ambazonia."
According to Cameroon Electoral Code, the results of the election will be proclaimed by the Constitutional Council within no more than 15 days of the close of the poll.
