A polling station officer (L) checks the name of a voter at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Polling stations for the first round of the presidential election in Benin closed on Sunday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and the ballot counting is underway. (Photos: Xinhua)

Staff count the votes at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Polling stations for the first round of the presidential election in Benin closed on Sunday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and the ballot counting is underway.

The polling station officers pour the ballots on the table at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Polling stations for the first round of the presidential election in Benin closed on Sunday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and the ballot counting is underway.

An officer marks on the board the points obtained by each candidate at the end of the vote at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Polling stations for the first round of the presidential election in Benin closed on Sunday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and the ballot counting is underway.

Staff count the votes at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Polling stations for the first round of the presidential election in Benin closed on Sunday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) and the ballot counting is underway.