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| Opposition victory confirmed in Zimbabwe |
| 2008-04-03 |
| Zimbabwe's election commission has confirmed that the opposition has won Saturday's parliamentary election. Of the 200 seats confirmed, the governing ZANU-PF of President Robert Mugabe won only 94. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change of Morgan Tsvangirai won 96, while a breakaway MDC faction has nine seats. The opposition claims it has also won the presidential election. However, the election commission has not released any results for the presidential vote. |
| Posted by:Fred |