Tanzanian ruling party wins Zanzibar presidential re-run vote - electoral body

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Zanzibar's President Ali Mohamed Shein of the ruling CCM party casts his ballot at Bungi primary school in Zanzibar, Tanzania March 20, 2016, during re-election after the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) nullification of the October 25 General Elections due to fraud. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The ruling party candidate in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar was declared the winner in its presidential election, the electoral commission said on Monday. Sunday's election was a re-run of a disputed election held on Oct. 25 that was annulled by Zanzibar's electoral authority on grounds of fraud. The opposition contested the decision to hold another vote, saying it had won the first vote. The incumbent Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein, of Tanzania's ruling CCM party, was declared the winner with 91.4 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said. (Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by Angus MacSwan; Editing by Edith Honan)