Robert Mugabe's ruling party leads as Zimbabwe poll fears grow
ZIMBABWE'S ruling party today edged ahead of the main opposition in official results as concerns grew that President Robert Mugabe was trying to rig the vote.
Three days after the election was held only 109 out of 210 parliamentary constituencies had been declared, showing the ZANU-PF two seats ahead of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
No results have been announced for the presidential vote, in which Mugabe faces the most formidable political challenge of his 28 years in power from the MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai and ruling party defector Simba Makoni. The MDC says it won according to its own tally and has accused President Mugabe of delaying the issuing of the results in a bid to steal the election.
Riot police in armoured carriers patrolled two of Harare's opposition strongholds overnight and residents were told to stay inside.
MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said: "It is now clear that there is something fishy."
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