Zimbabwe opposition preparing court order for release of vote results

Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa casts his ballot in the country’s general elections in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 30, 2018. — Reuters Photo

Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition party is preparing a court application to force the election commission to release results from Monday’s national ballot, a senior MDC official said on Tuesday.


Tendai Biti, a former finance minister, said some election results that were supposed to be posted outside voting stations were not available.

The election, the first since the removal of Robert Mugabe last November, is a two-horse race between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Biti said it was clear Chamisa had won. No official results have been released.