The nightmare is almost over

Still no results for the Presidential vote, but Zimbabwean officials have confirmed that Mugabe's ZANU-PF has lost its Parliamentary majority:

Zimbabwe’s official election commission has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), the party which has ruled the country for nearly 30 years, has lost its parliamentary majority, news agencies report.

The figures were released hours after the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claimed victory in both the parliamentary and presidential elections. However, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has yet to announce the results of the presidential election.

Reuters reported the ZEC as announcing that President Robert Mugabe’s party had won 94 of the 210 seats in parliament. With only seven results outstanding, the party could not win the 106 seats it would need to control parliament.

The combined opposition parties reportedly took 105 of the 207 contested seats. Of those, 96 were won by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). It thus appeared that the MDC faction headed by Arthur Mutambara could hold the balance of power in Parliament. (via InstaPundit)

Much more here.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at April 2, 2008 04:00 PM