Tanzania opposition loses key seats in vote marred by fraud claims

A voter casts her ballot at Wazo Hill polling station in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 28, 2020. Vote counting is ongoing. PHOTO | AFP

Tanzania's polls commission began releasing parliamentary election results on Thursday with the opposition losing key seats in a vote they said was riddled with irregularities.

Counting was taking place across Tanzania and its semi-autonomous archipelago Zanzibar -- which also elects its own president and lawmakers -- after the opposition reported ballot box stuffing and their party agents thrown out of polling stations.