Zimbabwe's rival political parties are meeting for a second day to try to reconcile their vote tallies from the 29 March presidential election.
Election officials say opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai gained the most votes but a run-off is required against President Robert Mugabe.
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Meanwhile, the defence minister in neighbouring Botswana says Zimbabweans are fleeing recent violence.
Dikzakzamatso Seretsi told the BBC's Network Africa programme that almost 100 people had arrived in the past three days.
He said in the past, Zimbabweans had been economic migrants but now they were seeking political asylum.
"Some people are scared because there is conscription into the veteran organisation [pro-government militia]. Some are saying their houses are being burned. Some are saying they're being tortured."
Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and human rights groups say there is a massive campaign of violence against opposition activists in rural areas ahead of a possible run-off.
The MDC says hundreds of people have fled their homes and 20 have been killed.
The ruling Zanu-PF party says the scale of the violence has been exaggerated and accuses the MDC of staging political attacks.
Significant difference
On Thursday, election officials told the parties that Mr Tsvangirai had gained 47.8% against 43.2% for Mr Mugabe.
But the MDC says Mr Tsvangirai gained 50.3%.
Correspondents say the discrepancy is small but hugely significant.
"We don't agree with their figures. They will have to prove us wrong," said Mr Tsvangirai's representative at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Chris Mbanga.
But Mr Mugabe's representative, Emmerson Mnangagwa, told the AFP news agency that the results could be agreed on Friday.
"The process is going on very well. I don't see any reason why we can't finish today," he said.
However, MDC spokesman George Sibotshiwe says the process could take three or four days, as they are querying 120,000 votes officially given to Mr Mugabe.
"We just said to the electoral commission we're not moving forward until we understand where these 120,000 votes came from," he said, reports the AP news agency.
If the parties fail to agree, the commission has said the candidates must then go back over the paperwork until they all accept the figures.
"Where we don't agree, we will pull out every relevant document to ensure we have the same figures," ZEC chairman George Chiweshe said beforehand.
"At some stage, we have to agree."
(BBC)
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