Zambian newspaper calls poll win for Lungu

Lusaka - Zambia's ruling party candidate, Edgar
Lungu, is headed for victory in this week's
presidential election after building what appeared to
be an unassailable lead against his closet rival, a
local newspaper reported on Friday.
The independently owned Post newspaper said
Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Lungu led Hakainde
Hichilema by about 33 000 votes with 30 000 votes
yet to be counted from just one more constituency.
With no reliable opinion polls in the southern
African state, few experts have been keen to call a
winner in the contest to succeed Michael Sata, who
died in office in October aged 77.
Also read: Zambia ruling party candidate takes
early lead in vote
"The margin is small but it has definitely given us a
winner," the newspaper said.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia is due to give
the final result on Friday.
Voter turnout in the copper-rich south African state
was around 34% as heavy rains disrupted voting
across much of the landlocked country. Observers
said the election was conducted in a fair manner.

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