51.   They said they were contesting the results in about eight electorates, in some cases because more votes were registered than there had been ballots issued.

52.   Mageni added however that his Front would continue contesting the results of the local polls in Zanzibar.

53.   Opposition parties have vehemently contested the results, and the country was wracked by a bloody wave of violence before and during the vote.

54.   President Joaquin Balaguer edged closer to victory in presidential elections here Wednesday, but the leading opposition candidate vowed to contest results he said were fraudulent.

55.   The electoral commission said Georgijevski had three days to contest the results.