Zimbabwe's partial vote recount has indicated that the opposition has held on to its lead in the country's controversial parliamentary elections, electoral officials said Saturday.
A recount of votes for 18 of the 23 seats required by President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party showed the opposition retained the lead in the original vote count, said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
Earlier results showed that opposition groups won 110 seats to Mugabe's 97, which means the long-time president was to lose control of parliament for the first time since the country's independence from Britain in 1980.
His party demanded a recount in 23 out of 210 constituencies after the result for the March 29 elections was released by the opposition and the electoral commission.
Differences between the original count and recounts were minor, electoral officials said, adding that they believed that pattern was likely to continue.
Meanwhile, pressures were high for the electoral commission to publish the result of a parallel presidential poll.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said it was not sure when the presidential results would be released. It hoped to compile the recount statistics by Monday and then invite candidates to verify the results before making them public.
Source: Xinhua
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