
Zanzibar’s incumbent President Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein has won the presidential election re-run boycotted by the opposition.
Chama Cha Mapinduzi’s, Ali got 299,982 votes.
The results from last October’s poll were annulled as the electoral commission said there were irregularities.
The opposition urged people to boycott Sunday’s vote.
The opposition Civic United Front -CUF claimed October’s elections
were annulled because it had won, while the electoral commission said
there had been widespread fraud.