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| Final results from Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential election have been delayed, election officials say. | Final results from Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential election have been delayed, election officials say. |
| They said they hoped they would be able to announce the results on Sunday - a day later than originally expected. | They said they hoped they would be able to announce the results on Sunday - a day later than originally expected. |
| President Robert Mugabe was said to have won by a wide margin, after the opposition boycotted the vote amid claims of violence and intimidation. | President Robert Mugabe was said to have won by a wide margin, after the opposition boycotted the vote amid claims of violence and intimidation. |
| But international observers have reported many spoilt ballots, which in some areas could outnumber votes cast. | But international observers have reported many spoilt ballots, which in some areas could outnumber votes cast. |
| Earlier, officials said the count was complete, but later reports said results from rural areas were still trickling in. | |
| "Tonight we cannot give the results. I don't want to give a time-frame, but I hope it will be tomorrow," Utoile Silaigwana, the deputy chief elections officer for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, told Reuters news agency. | |
| Mr Mugabe is expected to be sworn in on Sunday for another term in office. |