Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, won Pakistan’s presidential elections Saturday amid violence that killed at least 30 people and injured dozens.

Mr Zardari, of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), secured 480 out of 702 electoral college votes beating out opponents Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, a former judge, and Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a senior official of the party that backed former president Pervez Musharraf and ruled under him, according to unofficial Election Commission results.