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The Malagasy president, Andry Rajoelina, said on Wednesday that he believed his party and his allies were poised to win the majority in the country's new parliament, but the opposition claimed that "anomalies" had been detected during the vote.
The electoral commission counts the votes of the election which took place Monday and whose provisional results are expected on June 15th.
"Today, according to the tendencies of the independent electoral commission, our party group is ahead and expects a majority, even if it is not official," Rajoelina told reporters in Paris.
"We will of course wait for the final results," he added after an interview with French President Emmanuel Macron.
The parliamentary elections are seen as the last round of a bitter feud between Rajoelina and his longtime rival, Marc Ravalomanana, and his TIM party ("I Love Madagascar").
Both men have dominated the country's politics since the early 2000s, sometimes cooperating but fighting mainly for gaining advantage and high office.
"We have seen a lot of anomalies in all the provinces and we are preparing our appeals," TIM Senator Olga Ramalason told reporters in Antananarivo, the capital.
An election observation mission of the Southern African Development Community praised the peaceful conditions maintained for the elections.
According to data from the World Bank, the former French colony is well known for its vanilla and precious redwood. It is yet one of the poorest countries in the world, with 76% of people living in extreme poverty.
The island has a long history of blows and disturbances.
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