At a press conference in Harare, ZEC chief elections officer, Lovemore Sekeramayi said it was the prerogative of the commission to conduct elections and announce results.
The Commission notes with concern that some stakeholders are announcing purported results of the elections.
We would like to advise the nation that those results announced are not the official results because collation and verification of the results is still in progress, said Sekeramayi.
The MDC says the decision to announce the partial results was meant to pre-empt any rigging by President Robert Mugabe’s embattled government.
Earlier on Sunday, MDC secretary general Tendai Biti said the opposition p-arty had taken a commanding lead in the election sweeping all the major urban centres as well as making inroads in ZANU PF’s rural strongholds.
Biti said the MDC was winning the election basing his conclusions on partial results obtained from polling stations across the country.
 This far, short of a miracle, we have won this election beyond any reasonable doubt. We have won this election, said Biti who added that the trend countrywide was irreversible.Â
Biti could not be immediately reached for comment on the matter.
Sekeramayi did not mention when the eagerly anticipated election results would be announced.
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