Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has won the parliamentary election with 109 seats, gaining a clear majority, according to the Electoral Commission.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party managed to win only 41 seats with results for 58 seats still to be announced, the election body said on Wednesday.
Monday's vote was Zimbabwe's first election since long-term President Robert Mugabe was pushed out of officelast year.
The commission has not yet given any clarity on who might become the country's next president.
On Tuesday, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said he was "winning resoundingly" but the Electoral Commission denied his victory claims.
Hours later, President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling ZANU-PF said he was "positive" of the election outcome.
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A presidential runoff will be held on September 8 if a candidate does not secure more than 50 percent of the vote.
Relatively peaceful elections
More than five million Zimbabweans registered to take part in the poll. The Electoral Commission said 1.3 percent of the registered voters could not cast their vote because they presented the wrong documents at polling stations.
Previous elections in Zimbabwe have been marred by intimidation and threats, but campaigning this time has been relatively peaceful.
Elections observers from the European Union and the United States have also been allowed to monitor the vote - the first time since 2002.
Twenty-three candidates, 19 men and four women, contested for the presidency - all first-time contenders.
Source - Al Jazeera News