ZANU PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday expressed confidence of electoral victory as preliminary results from across the country started trickling in showing a see-saw outcome.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said it would announce all the results of the Wednesday election within five days.
The elections were dogged by various irregularities, but the CCC said it was smelling victory using its unofficial tally of election results showing the party winning in cities and peri-urban centres and some rural areas.
While the CCC claimed to have made inroads in Zanu PF strongholds in the rural areas, the ruling party also celebrated saying it had marginally eaten into the opposition support base in cities.
Zanu PF looked to have maintained some strongholds such as Masvingo with huge margins.
It was a bad day for some presidential candidates who seem to have struggled to win the hearts of Zimbabweans as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa, emerged as the main contenders for the country’s top post.
Addressing a Press conference in Harare, CCC spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi said the party would not announce its vote tally, but was quick to add that indications showed victory.
“Nonetheless, we knew this beforehand, and we have prepared ourselves to win an unfree and unfair election,” Mkwananzi said.
Source NewsDay
