Zanu PF and ZEC warned against rigging presidential election results

THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance yesterday claimed to have won Monday’s presidential race and accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of plotting to rig the polls by taking long to officially announce the results.

This came as the ruling Zanu PF party took an early lead in parliamentary elections, having bagged 36 of the contested 210 seats against MDC Alliance’s 11 and NPF’s one seat at the time of going to print last night.

Zanu PF maintained its dominance in the rural constituencies and snatched a few urban seats taking advantage of divisions between Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe’s MDC-T camps.

Speaking to journalists at the party offices in Harare, MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti raised a red flag over what he claimed were Zec’s machinations to rig the poll by withholding 21% of V11 forms which had official results from various polling stations.

Source:myzimbabwe.co.zw