Zimbabwe's high court has rejected a petition by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to order the immediate release of results from the 29 March presidential election.
Justice Tendai Uchena has dismissed the case, with costs.
The decision means that Zimbabwe's electoral commission still does not have to declare the winner of the election.
Zimbabweans still do not know whether President Robert Mugabe or opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the presidential election more than two weeks ago.
The MDC has challenged a recount it said is loaded towards President Mugabe's party.
Rigging allegations have been made on both sides and regional leaders have failed to apply much pressure on the situation.
23 of Zimbabwe's 210 constituencies may be recounted next Saturday, three weeks after general elections.
The MDC said it is also mounting a legal challenge to the recount order, which in theory could lead to Mr Mugabe's ruling party regaining control of parliament.
At Saturday's emergency summit in Lusaka, Zambia, southern African leaders discussed the post-election impasse long into the night, but were always unlikely to find a swift solution after Mr Mugabe decided to stay away from the meeting.
They stopped short of criticising the Zimbabwean government or Mr Mugabe, who was not even mentioned in a four-page joint statement that called only for the result of the presidential poll to be delivered as 'expeditiously' as possible.
