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Election results in Zanzibar cancelled: official

Xinhua, October 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago Zanzibar on Wednesday has cancelled results of its just-held general elections, according to Zanzibar Electoral Commission.

ZEC chairman Jecha Salum Jecha made a statement on state television that by the power invested on him he has been obliged to cancel the results because the election violated election laws and Zanzibar constitution.

He advised the public to be patient and wait for more information from the government, but he didn't say when a new election would be held.

Zanzibar held general elections on Oct. 25 to elect its own president and members to its subnational legislature and House of Representatives. Endit