July 21, 2007	Saturday	Rajab 05, 1428

STEPANAKERT (Azerbaijan), July 20: A presidential election in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh was won by a former head of security for the territory, Bako Sahakian, election officials said on Friday.

Sahakian won 85 per cent of the vote at Thursday's polls in the unrecognised territory, the central election commission said after all votes had been counted.

His nearest rival, deputy foreign minister Masis Maylian, came a distant second with 12 per cent of the vote.

The results were preliminary, with final confirmation expected on Saturday.—AFP