Electoral Commission of Zambia has resumed the release of official result.
ECZ Chairperson Irene Mambilimba has disclosed that Patriotic Front Presidential Candidate is leading in 80 constituencies from the Commission’s verified results.
The ECZ also disclosed that the national average of voter turn out was 34%.
The Commission stated that voting was still taking place in about 10 polling stations out of 6435 polling stations that have voted so far.
Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu scored 533,618 representing about 50.85%.
Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) scored 474 076 (46.18%