MORONI, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Moussa Toybou won the presidential election on the Comoros isle of Anjouan, a government minister announced Monday, three months after renegade leader Mohamed Bacar was ousted.

Toybou, an engineer and relative political newcomer, secured 52.37 percent of the vote in Sunday's run-off against Mohamed Djaanfari's 47.63 percent, Mmadi Ali, the Comoran federation's minister in charge of elections, told a news conference.

He said the turnout stood at 48.98 percent.