 Following the release of the provisional results, which showed Ravalomanana winning in the first round, Ratsiraka, along with second place candidate Jean Lahiniriko, said that the results were false, and on December 11 he filed a challenge with the Constitutional High Court regarding the election.Ratsiraka was suspended as Mayor beginning on February 15, 2007, initially for a period of one month.On April 19, 2007, he was arrested and imprisoned for alleged corruption related to garbage collection.