Zimbabwe opposition disputes official election results

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's opposition party is disputing official election results that say its leader didn't win enough of the vote to avoid a runoff against President Robert Mugabe.

Polling agent Chris Mbanga of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change says, "We have been overruled. We are in dispute. It is not fair."

Election officials released long-delayed results on Friday that said opposition leader won 47.9 percent of the vote to Mugabe's 43.2 percent.

Tsvangirai has maintained that he won the vote outright with 50.3 percent of votes and that he will not participate in a runoff.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Electoral officials say Zimbabwe's opposition leader won 47.9 percent of votes in presidential elections - not enough to avoid a run-off against longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe.

The Electoral Commission says that Mugabe won 43.2 percent of votes. It said it would announce a date for a run-off election later.

The commission had long delayed Friday's announcement of the results from the March 29 balloting.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he won the vote outright and will not campaign in a run-off. He charges that Mugabe has used the delay to prosecute a campaign of violence to scare voters from further opposing his rule.