UNITED NATIONS, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges 'utmost transparency' in the vote-counting in Zimbabwe so that the people can have full confidence in the results, his press office said Tuesday.

'As the counting and tabulation of votes continues, he calls for continued calm and he urges the utmost transparency be exercised so that the people of Zimbabwe can have full confidence in the process,' the office said in a statement.

With results from 131 of Zimbabwe's 210 constituencies announced, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change had won 67 parliament seats while Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) trailed slightly with 64.