Results continued to slowly trickle out in Zimbabwe today.

The delayed announcements are increasing fears that President Robert Mugabe is attempting to stay in power by rigging the election.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the "eyes of the world" were on Zimbabwe while Britain and other European countries issued a statement calling on the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission to swiftly announce all election results.

Results have come out at a slow pace since Saturday's polls. So far 66 parliamentary seats have been declared, with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai on 36 and Mugabe's Zanu-PF on 30, with five seats going to a breakaway faction of Mr Tsvangirai's party.

Among the ousted Zanu-PF parliamentarians was justice minister Patrick Chinamasa, who lost his seat in a district previously seen as a ruling party stronghold.

The commission has offered no results in the presidential race.

The MDC claimed it had won by a large margin in both parliamentary and presidential polls, and warned that the delay in announcing the results was fuelling "an atmosphere of suspicion".

Mr Brown has discussed the situation in Zimbabwe with South African president Thabo Mbeke, Downing Street said.

Mr Brown's spokesman declined to give any details of the talks.