{"id":635755,"date":"2021-08-15T03:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=635755"},"modified":"2021-08-15T03:23:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T00:23:06","slug":"zambia-opposition-leads-early-vote-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2021\/08\/zambia-opposition-leads-early-vote-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia opposition leads early vote count, incumbent cries foul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_635763\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635763\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/30e4322f7fe40c770ac5321bd73db0ba02d31ede.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/30e4322f7fe40c770ac5321bd73db0ba02d31ede.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/30e4322f7fe40c770ac5321bd73db0ba02d31ede-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-635763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Zambia&#8217;s presidential opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema demand the release of the full set of election results &copy; <b>AFP \/ Patrick Meinhardt<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Lusaka (AFP), Aug 14 &#8211; <\/i>Zambia&#8217;s main opposition candidate was leading Saturday in partial results for a tight presidential election while incumbent leader Edgar Lungu cried foul in three provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Following a high turnout in Thursday&#8217;s vote, Hakainde Hichilema, 59, was ahead of Lungu, 64, in about 40 percent of the constituencies announced so far, even as EU observers said campaign conditions had been &#8220;unequal&#8221; and favoured the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time Hichilema has challenged Lungu in what analysts said would be a closely-fought election amid growing resentment about rising living costs and crackdowns on dissent in the southern African country.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has so far released the results of 62 out of 156 constituencies, which put Hichilema ahead with 1,024,212 votes, compared to 562,523 for Lungu.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635753\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635753\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/14f07cb4f735a92625404c36a1f93c5362ed0de2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/14f07cb4f735a92625404c36a1f93c5362ed0de2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/14f07cb4f735a92625404c36a1f93c5362ed0de2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-635753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of UPND oppsition supporters marched through the capital Lusaka on Saturday voicing impatience at the long wait for the election outcome &copy; <b>AFP \/ MARCO LONGARI<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party and main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) claim their respective candidates are in the lead, citing their own tabulations.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of UPND supporters marched through the capital Lusaka on Saturday, voicing impatience at the ECZ.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers deployed to police Thursday&#8217;s vote following violent pre-election clashes monitored the scene from armoured military vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Voting dragged on late into the night and saw sporadic clashes and troop reinforcements in three provinces after two deaths were reported on election day, including a ruling party chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Lungu on Saturday said the violence, which was concentrated in UPND strongholds, rendered the election unfair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With polling agents having been attacked and chased from polling stations, we were reduced to competing in seven (out of ten) provinces,&#8221; he said in a statement, adding that the PF was &#8220;consulting on the next course of action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts have expressed concern that Lungu might not accept anything other than victory.<\/p>\n<p>Social media access, throttled in Lusaka just before Hichilema cast his vote, was fully restored on Saturday following a high court order. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635459\" style=\"width: 581px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/8c42c7ce8135468535120cad9c5fa305f22d6c1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/8c42c7ce8135468535120cad9c5fa305f22d6c1f.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/8c42c7ce8135468535120cad9c5fa305f22d6c1f-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-635459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Zambia, which held presidential elections on August 12. &copy; <b>AFP<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The final outcome is set be announced within 72 hours of the last polling station&#8217;s closing time, meaning the wait could stretch to early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8216;Transparent&#8217; vote &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>There has been widespread concern about election rigging.<\/p>\n<p>Scuffles occurred at several polling stations after people were accused of carrying pre-marked ballot papers, which the ECZ has denied.  <\/p>\n<p>The head of the African Union&#8217;s observer mission, Ernest Bai Koroma &#8212; a former president of Sierra Leone &#8212; on Saturday said voting &#8220;operations were conducted in a peaceful, transparent and professional manner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>European Union counterparts were slightly more critical of the poll, denouncing the internet curbs and &#8220;unequal campaign conditions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635754\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635754\" class=\"size-full wp-image-635754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/fdcb1e555a95e71822f8871022157f98089b0120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/fdcb1e555a95e71822f8871022157f98089b0120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2021\/08\/fdcb1e555a95e71822f8871022157f98089b0120-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-635754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zambian Defense Forces detain a man in central Lusaka &copy; 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