Zimbabwe Electoral Commission: 305,000 voters turned away

August 09, 2013 00:14

Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission has said that nearly 305,000 voters were turned away during last week's elections, which the opposition has said were rigged.

These are the first such official figures - the number of rejected voters has been a major complaint. It also said 207,000 voters were "assisted" to cast their ballot - another alleged source of fraud. President Robert Mugabe gained 938,085 more votes than his main rival. Morgan Tsvangirai, who took 34% of the vote, has alleged massive fraud.

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