anomalies

But he says anomalies like these need to be sorted out.

"The anomalies do not necessarily mean that the election result projecting Professor Mutharika as the winner is not credible or a reflection of the will of the people," he said.

On Friday, Chakwera's party said it had discovered "irregularities" and "serious anomalies", and had asked the electoral commission to conduct a "physical audit" of results.

"The model learns every day how to spot more anomalies."

The briefing suggested standard court procedure would mean that staff would spot any anomalies and manually correct them.