Defence Minister Edgar Lungu of Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front has won the country's presidential election in a tightly fought race marred by delays, the electoral commission has announced.
Lungu won with a slim 48.33 per cent majority, closely followed by his rival Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development with 46.67 per cent of the vote. Lungu's victory was greeted with cheers and dancing after the chairwoman of the Electoral Commission of Zambia Ireen Mambilima, announced the results of the Tuesday vote which Hichilema had earlier denounced as a sham.
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