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Vote counting starts

    JOHANNESBURG

    As Namibian officials started counting the vote on Thursday after this week's third parliamentary and presidential elections, the ruling Southwest Africa Peoples Organisation of President Sam Nujoma looked set for victory, news reports said.

    But it was not clear whether SWAPO would retain its two-thirds majority in parliament after polling which saw voter turnout top 60 percent. Analysts said it remained to be seen whether the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) which has 20 percent of seats in parliament's would lose its place as the official opposition to the Congress of Democrats (CoD), a party formed eight months ago by SWAPO dissidents. International observers said on Thursday they were still checking allegations of voting irregularities.

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