Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF has reportedly hailed him for leading the party to an "emphatic victory after it garnered two thirds of the National Assembly" in the just ended elections.
According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, the party's national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo said that "the party's new trajectory delivered victory for Zanu-PF".
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Mnangagwa hails 'new beginning' after Zimbabwe election win
Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday that he was "humbled" to have won the country's landmark election, hailing it as a "new beginning" after the ousting of autocrat Robert Mugabe.
"Thank you Zimbabwe! I am humbled to be elected President of the Second Republic of Zimbabwe," he said in a Twitter message.
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Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party on Friday said it rejected official election results that declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the new president and vowed to challenge the outcome in court.
"They are fake, they are not authentic, we reject them," MDC spokesman Morgan Komichi told AFP. "We will take this to the courts." - AFP
Supporters of Zanu-PF celebrate the results of the general election in the early hours on Friday after an announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission naming Emmerson Mnangagwa as winner in Harare, Zimbabwe. (AFP) 
The streets of Zimbabwe's capital are quiet with a heavy presence of military and police after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of Monday's election.
While the vote was peaceful, a military crackdown on protesting opposition supporters on Wednesday has left a chill.
Soldiers in the hours ahead of the announcement told people to clear the centre of Harare.A few Mnangagwa supporters are noisily celebrating near the entrance to the conference center where results were announced.
Charity Manyeruke, who teaches political science at the University of Zimbabwe, says she is delighted.
"There is continuity, stability," she says. "Zimbabwe is poised for nation-building."
Meanwhile the chair of the opposition MDC party, Morgen Komichi, is calling the elections "fraudulent" and says they will challenge the results in the courts. - AP
Supporters of Zanu- PF celebrate the results of the general election in the early hours on Friday after an announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission naming Emmerson Mnangagwa as winner in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, won the country's landmark election, results showed early onFriday, in an outcome set to fuel fraud allegations as security forces patrolled the streets to prevent protests.
Mnangagwa won 50.8% of the vote, ahead of Nelson Chamisa of the opposition MDC party on 44.3%, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said, declaring Mnangagwa as the winner. - AFP
The minister also says an investigation will uncover "the culprits that caused the mayhem" in the capital on Wednesday and that they would be prosecuted. The opposition and international election observers have criticised the military's "excessive" force in breaking up protests. Six people died. - AP
The ruling party maintains control of the government in the first vote after the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
The opposition has alleged vote-rigging and vowed to hold peaceful protests to reject any vote they see as flawed.
The justice minister says Mnangagwa has done a "fantastic" job since becoming president after longtime leader Robert Mugabe stepped down in November under military pressure amid a ruling party feud."He gave freedoms to everyone," Ziyambi says. - AP
Zimbabwe's justice minister says "the majority of Zimbabweans are working with us, save for a few who want to incite violence".
Ziyambi Ziyambi spoke shortly after the electoral commission announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had won Monday's election. - AP
Zimbabwe's president says he is "humbled" by his win in Monday's election, the first after the fall of his former mentor Robert Mugabe."
Though we may have been divided at the polls, we are united in our dreams," President Emmerson Mnangagwa says on Twitter.
The opposition has alleged vote-rigging and questioned why the presidential results were counted first but announced last. Main opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa received 44.3 percent of the vote while Mnangagwa received 50.8%.
"This is a new beginning," Mnangagwa says after a week that began with a peaceful election day but spiraled into deadly violence in the capital as the military broke up protests. "Let us join hands, in peace, unity & love, & together build a new Zimbabwe for all!"- AP
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