The vote count of Albania's parliamentary polls is still underway on Tuesday two days after the election, and the final results are not expected to come out in another two days.

The electoral commission is short of scanners to read the ballots, while election officials are still not very familiar with a new electoral system based on regional representation and electronic tallying, election officials said.

With nearly 74 percent of the vote counted, Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democrats-led coalition won 71 seats in the 140-seat parliament, while the opposition Socialists-led coalition had 66 seats. The Socialist Integration coalition had three seats.

Berisha had announced victory, but it was rejected by the opposition leader, Tirana Mayor Edi Rama, who said the result was unofficial.

In Sunday's election, some 4,300 candidates representing 34 political parties were vying for the 140 seats in parliament.

The vote was closely monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The monitors said the election had fewer irregularities than in previous elections, but was still marred by "procedural violations related in particular to inking procedures and widespread family voting."

Source: Xinhua