The African Union observer mission in the Zimbabwean election has stated that the presidential and parliamentary elections held on Wednesday were free, honest and credible.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) described the election as a “huge farce”, alleging widespread of irregularities and vote rigging.

But the African Union Observer Mission head, Olusegun Obasanjo said the incidents reported during Wednesday’s poll could not “change the outcome”.

First official results from the Parliamentary elections show that Mr. Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has taken an early lead and the party is claiming victory.

An anonymous senior figure in the Zanu-PF party reportedly told the Reuters News Agency that the Zanu-PF party had won the election and that they are only waiting for the full count of the poll as the constitution mandates the Electoral Commission.

“We’ve taken this election. We’ve buried the MDC. We never had any doubt that we were going to win,” he said.

The Police have won that they will deal with anyone who tries to make public declaration or leak early results of the election.

The Electoral Commission has five days before announcing the results and many analysts say the election might prove to be the best since independence of Zimbabwe.

Issaka Adams / NationalTurk Africa News