Zambian Ruling Party Candidate Lungu Leads Presidential Vote
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Zambian ruling party candidate Edgar Lungu is leading the presidential election with 50.8 percent of the vote to 45.1 percent for his main challenger, Hakainde Hichilema, with ballots from more than half the constituencies counted.
About 34.2 percent of the registered voters cast ballots in the 90 of the 150 constituencies counted so far in an election that started Jan. 20 and was hampered by heavy rains, the commission said at a press conference Thursday in Lusaka, the capital.