The electoral commission said it had taken the step after its website was hacked to falsely record a landslide for 74-year-old Mr Sata.

BBC: Zambia election: Sata wins presidential race

The unbeaten 24-year-old completely outboxed his more experienced rival to earn landslide 118-108, 118-110, 119-107 verdicts on the three judges' scorecards to announce his big-time arrival in style.

BBC: Enzo Maccarinelli (right)

The 54-year-old former teacher entered Parliament in Labour's 1997 landslide in a previously Conservative seat and held a string of junior ministerial positions before becoming care services minister.

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