Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai has 60 pct of vote-opposition

Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:09am EDT

HARARE, March 31 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken 60 percent of votes so far in a presidential election, double the total for incumbent Robert Mugabe, his MDC party said on Monday, quoting unofficial tallies. "From the 128 constituencies whose results we have calculated so far, we have 96 out of the 128 (parliamentary) seats and Morgan Tsvangirai is at 60 percent, Robert Mugabe is at 30 percent," Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Tendai Biti told a news conference.

The latest official results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on Monday showed the MDC and Mugabe's ZANU-PF runnning neck-and-neck with 12 seats each from a total parliament of 210 constituencies. No official presidential results have been issued so far.

(Reporting by Nelson Banya)



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