Lungu still leads as election nears end

With only 24 constituencies left, Edgar Lungu is still  leading the presidential race and is increasingly looking likely to win. The incumbent president now has 1,454,165 votes, while his closest rival Hakainde Hichilema of the UPND has garnered 1,383,594 votes.

The difference between the two is now 70,571, meaning Hichilema now needs to post some huge margins from the 10 constituencies left in his traditional strongholds in order to swallow up Lungu’s lead and pull ahead. However, this is unlikely to happen as Lungu has 14 constituencies of his own left.

The ECZ are expected to announce the final set of results this morning and declare the winner.