The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Zimbabwe's main opposition party, has already claimed victory over President Mugabe, but agrees that rigging is taking place to ensure Mugabe’s win.

Zimbabwe blogger Comrade Fatso states: 

"Victory is in the air. But so is uncertainty. MDC has quite likely won a big victory in the polls but the updates aren't getting out to the people. The townships should be filled with flyers, pamphlets and megaphones updating the people. And the MDC should build this hope so that if the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU) does try and steal this election then the people will resist. We can defend victory. We can't defend what we don't know."

Do to the extent of online coverage the election has seen, the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commision, George Chiweshe, has come under intense pressure to provide the election results in a fair and timely manner.

Fatso continues:

"Many think things have gone terribly wrong in the elections because the message from the MDC hasn't filtered to them. And the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is announcing results at the pace of a wheelchair-less cripple making their way down a power-cut Parirenyatwa corridor.”

Following his vote in Harare, Mr. Mugabe said: "We don't rig elections. I cannot sleep with my conscience if I have rigged."

CM, a blogger for Zimbabwe’s Review, writes:

"If the outcome that is announced in the coming hours and days is a Mugabe victory, it would be a strange 'win' for him. I can imagine outrage and disbelief, but I cannot imagine any significant widespread joy beyond his inner circle and the elite whose privileges depend on Mugabe's tenure.”