KARACHI, July 11: European Union Observer Mission chief Michael Gabler said on Thursday that 26 teams comprising 46 people monitored the May 11 elections and a number of diplomats and parliamentarians from European countries extended their support and expressed their views about what they had observed during the polls.

A six-member delegation of the mission led by Mr Ghalermet Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and presented its report on the elections.

The chief minister said it was for the first time that the country had witnessed a smooth transition of power from one democratically elected government to another.

He said that despite concerns and allegations of irregularities and rigging, all political parties had accepted the elections results.-Staff Reporter