HARARE, April 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has managed at least 62 seats in Thursday's parliamentary poll, securing another majority in parliament, according to official results on Friday evening.

    The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), ZANU-PF's main rival, got 35 seats when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced results at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Friday. The seats won by ZANU-PF came mainly from rural areas, cutting the MDC's early gains, which came mostly from urban and peri-urban areas.

    Jonathan Moyo, former information minister also won in his constituency, which made him the only independent that has managed to win.

    Results for the remaining 22 constituencies will be announced as soon as they come in, ZEC officials at the election command center said.

    Meanwhile, in the same day, the MDC labeled the just ended sixth parliamentary poll as unfair.

    MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told journalists that private assessments by the party revealed the election was not run fairly and would result in the opposition party losing most of the constituencies it won in 2000.

    "Zimbabweans should stand firm and defend their vote truly and effectively from the fraudster, ZANU-PF," he said.

    Without shedding more light, Tsvangirai said that Wedza, Chegutu, Goromonzi and Chipinge North constituencies which they won in 2000, had already been scooped by ZANU-PF through fraud.

    He, however, said since his party believed in taking power under democracy, it had no choice but to take action after the final results were announced.

    Zimbabwe held sixth parliamentary election Thursday. Though five political parties contested the poll, it is largely seen as a two-horse race between ZANU-PF and the MDC.

    ZANU-PF has been ruling party since Zimbabwe attained political independence on April 18, 1980 from former colonial ruler Britain. However, in the last parliamentary election held in 2000, the party just got a feeble majority with 62 seats. The MDC, a party launched just one year before that election, won 57 seats.

    Zimbabwe's parliament, also called House of Assembly has 150 members: 120 elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and 30 appointed members by president, governors and elected chiefs. Enditem